Shabazz Palaces, live (studio performance, KEXP-FM), 2011 These guys—their mix of drums, mbira, electronics—call to mind the AACM’s* tagline: ancient to the future. *Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (Art Ensemble of Chicago, Anthony Braxton, Fred Anderson, Leroy Jenkins, et al.).
Archive for the ‘mbira’ category
Monday, 4/9/12
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01/12/2012I don’t know what these folks call this stuff, but one thing I’m sure of: it ain’t “world music.” Sobanza Mimanisa (“Orchestra of Light”), “Kiwembo,” live Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), c. 2005 ********** lagniappe reading table The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers Have you noticed that power lists, which have been spreading like the [...]
Tuesday, 3/29/11
03/29/2011Zimbabwe The music is as sweet as the news is bleak. Zimbabwe College of Music Mbira Ensemble (with Thanda Richardson, vocals), live, Harare (Mannenberg Jazz Club), 2/17/08 ***** Mbira Dzenharira, “Saramugomo,” 2001 ***** SMG Young Stars, Kenge Art, Mutubambile Orphan Choir with Oliver Mtukudzi, Magariro Edu Marimba Band ********** lagniappe reading table . . . [...]
Wednesday, 9/8/10
09/08/2010Sunday, South Africa; Monday, Morocco; today let’s head to the center—the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). Konono No. 1, “Lufuala Ndonga”
