Max-Hoba / Travelingman
Album: Travelingman   Collection:World
Artist:Max-Hoba   Added:Feb 2016
Label:Self-Release  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2016-02-14 Pull Date: 2016-04-17 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Apr 10 Apr 3 Mar 20 Feb 21
Airplays: 1 1 1 2

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 09, 2016: Music Casserole
Liquor Slave
4. Feb 20, 2016: Music Casserole
Molao, Ketshese
2. Mar 31, 2016: Melange
Ketshese
5. Feb 17, 2016: 2-17-2016
Kwa Bonakala, Find A Way, Kwa Bonakala
3. Mar 16, 2016: 3-16-2016
Molao, Ketshese, Grateful
6. Feb 11, 2016: Melange
Ketshese

Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2016-02-10
South African singer in English, Xhosa and Lesotho, nice voice; heartfelt lyrics; echoes of American R&B/soul/hiphop/dub amidst the lush South African harmonies and spirituality

NO FCC's; I like all of the tracks; faves: 1, 2 , 6, 7, 8, 11

*1- 2:22 –brisk a capella singing complete with vocal percussion; great texture, rhythm, etc

*2-- 4:12 --slower autobiographical ballad in English – “Grateful”

3—4:31-- verse and chorus – “Find a Way”, lush instrumentation

4—4:15 – nice trumpet intro – in Xhosa (?), with horn flourishes, call & response

5 – 4:21—reggae style beat – African language –call & response, goes to English and back

**6-4:38 – xylophone like sounds make a great contrast with vocal bass percussion and African lyrics; complex and satisfying

*7- 5:19 – nice solo followed by chorus

*8—4:08 – mellower – African singing with synth accompaniment & drumming; amazing oral clicks

9—5:05 --”Liquor Slave” – uncanny sounds at beginning; devolves into hiphop in Xhosa (?)

10—3:19 –a capella version of track #3, English and some African; exhortation on how to live

*11-4:08 – fun synth sounds with fast beat; great South African choral singing alternates with rap

12—4:04-- a capella chorus in African; rhythmic, hypnotic

13—3:58-- ballad in English, with synths and drums; segues to rap

Track Listing
1. Kwa Bonakala   7. Nomnganga
2. Grateful   8. Qula
3. Find A Way   9. Liquor Slave
4. Skere   10. Find A Way
5. Ba Ntate   11. Molao
6. Ketshese   12. Hegebe
  13. If We Meet Again