| Nonesuch Explorer Series / Zimbabwe: the African Mbira: E |
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| Album: | Zimbabwe: the African Mbira: E | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Nonesuch Explorer Series | Added: | Sep 2003 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-10-13 | Pull Date: | 2003-12-15 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Nov 16 | Nov 2 | Oct 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 08, 2014: | Music Casserole Tipe Tizwe | 4. | Dec 23, 2003: | radiomundi Gumbukumbu | |
| 2. | Sep 05, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Kana Ndoda Kuramba Murume | 5. | Nov 10, 2003: | told ya so! Gumbukumbu | |
| 3. | Jan 27, 2004: | Baptism of Solitude (Best of 2003 non-heavy) Kana Ndoda Kuramba Murume | 6. | Oct 28, 2003: | At the Cafe Bohemian Urombo |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2003-09-30 | ||
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From 1971. Shona music that uses repetition as a way of establishing predictability between performer & audience. Changes & variations are added slowly & allowed to grow. This CD focuses on repetitive mbira patterns & vocal melodies that evolve into something almost hypnotic. Read the notes, then just listen…it grows on you. Wonderful! *1. Vocals get increasingly more interesting w/layers of mbira & shaker carrying the piece. It’s really good. 2. A song about teasing. Male vox & chorus, shaker, mbira. The mbira is a bright note in this fairly happy song. *3. In this song about misery, the vocals wail almost in the background to shaker & mbira. It’s very powerful, but lovely. *4. Bright & driving w/wonderful vocal interplays. Layers of sound working together in a simple yet fascinating way. 5. Starts simple then the vocals pick up while the mbira holds the basic rhythm. Later the vocals get quite unpredictable & free. 6. Sweet & subtle vocals, strings/shakers. Eventually the vocals get freer and more strident. 9/2003 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Kana Ndoda Kuramba Murume | 4. | Gumbukumbu | |||
| 2. | Tipe Tizwe | 5. | Ndini Baba | |||
| 3. | Misordzi | 6. | Urombo |