Letta MBulu – What Is Wrong With Groovin’?
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Letta MBulu’s “What Is Wrong With Groovin’?” is a single released in 1967 and written by Hugh Masekela.
Letta is a South African jazz singer who left the country in 1964 to escape apartheid, with her husband Caiphus Semenya.They left South Africa for Los Angeles and worked […]
Remembering Pharoah Sanders
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Africa is an album led by saxophonist Pharoah Sanders (born Farrell Sanders; October 13, 1940 – September 24, 2022), recorded in 1987.
AllMusic Review
As Kevin Whitehead’s liner notes to this release reflect, Sanders “pays explicit tribute to his late mentor John Coltrane — as this set’s Coltrane-oriented sound makes unashamedly clear.” Actually, Coltrane penned […]
Balimaya Project – For Aziz Feat. Afronaut Zu
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The first track from their album “When The Dust Settles”, “For Aziz” features Afronaut Zu with Balimaya Project.
If Balimaya Project’s debut album emphasised tradition & culture in a collective sense, their second album “When The Dust Settles” addresses the emotional and […]
Balimaya Project – Wolo So
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The Balimaya Project is a collective of 16 musicians in UK (including members of Kokoroko and Seed Ensemble), fusing traditional Mandingo music with Jazz.
The Balimaya Project synthesizes and bridges London’s bustling jazz circuit with traditional repertoire and folklore of the Mandé peoples of West Africa.
Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela – Soweto Blues
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Freedom song! Soweto Blues, released in 1977, is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba.
The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following the decision by the apartheid government of South Africa to make Afrikaans a medium of instruction [...]
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