| Smithsonian Folkways Recordins / Abayudaya: Music From the Jewa |
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| Album: | Abayudaya: Music From the Jewa | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Smithsonian Folkways Recordins | Added: | Dec 2003 | |
| Label: | Smithsonian/Folkways | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-03-15 | Pull Date: | 2004-05-17 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 11 | Apr 4 | Mar 28 | Mar 21 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 27, 2015: | Everything A to Z week 04: A Deacade Of Jazz V2 Ain't No Grave Twagala Torah, I Am a Soldier | 4. | Mar 23, 2004: | the jewish alternative We Are Happy | |
| 2. | Apr 10, 2004: | Morning Glory Ali Omu Yekka | 5. | Mar 17, 2004: | Night Music with an Accent Suteronomy 32:39-43 | |
| 3. | Mar 30, 2004: | the jewish alternative Adon Olam | 6. | Mar 16, 2004: | the jewish alternative Hiwumbe Awumba |
| Album Review |
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| Mor Reviewed 2004-03-15 | ||
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Jews in Uganda! Yes, we are everywhere. This is mostly very basic material. Interesting how the Uganda Jewish music borrows from different sources: traditional Jewish tunes, African beats and a lot of Christian church music. Often, tough, the influences do NOT mix in a single track – there are some “African” tracks, some “Jewish” tracks and some “Christian” tracks on this album. Most tracks are a-cappella; otherwise they are often supported by cheap organ sounds, and guitar. Lyrics in mostly in Luganda, Hebrew and English. Play 1, 3, 11, 20, 23, 24. 1. Starts a cappella - male lead vocals, female chorus; fades mid track into an instrumented version (simple organ and organ-produced rhythms). ** 2. Very basic tribal rhythm and melody. Traditional drums. Mid/high tempo. 3. Quick string picking, single male vocal, African bluegrass. ** 4-6. Lullabies. Female vocals, interesting tunes, no backdrop. 7. Kids chanting “I’m a soldier in the army of the Lord”. 8. In Hebrew; kids chanting a prayer. 9-10. Again single vocalist and chorus chanting; a cappella. Some Hebrew on 10. 11. Guitar and electric organ, mid tempo halleluiah song. * 12-13. Chorus singing Hebrew prayers. Slow, nice. 14-15. Same but not in Hebrew. 16. Sabbath blessing in Hebrew. Boy, this sounds the same pretty much everywhere. 17. Kids choir. 18. Like 2, African-tribal sound. Choir chanting for the Maimuna holiday. 19. Choir singing a peculiar version of the second-most-famous Hebrew song ever (after Hava Nagila, of course). 20. Basic instrumentation on this track, mid/high tempo, * 21. Very crude organ and organ beats accompanies choir on this one. 22. Male voice, short prayer. 23-24. Choir, slow and quiet, nice tunes. ** | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Psalm 136 | 13. | Lekhah, Dodi | |||
| 2. | Katonda Oyo Nalimana | 14. | Psalm 92 | |||
| 3. | Hiwumbe Awumba | 15. | Psalm 93 | |||
| 4. | Mwana Talitambula | 16. | Kiddush and Motzi | |||
| 5. | Mmwana, Ngolera | 17. | Psalm 121 | |||
| 6. | Tulo, Tulo | 18. | Maimuna | |||
| 7. | I Am a Soldier | 19. | Hinei Ma Tov | |||
| 8. | Mi Khamokhah | 20. | Ali Omu Yekka | |||
| 9. | Kabbila | 21. | Psalm 150 | |||
| 10. | Twagala Torah | 22. | Deuteronomy 32:8 | |||
| 11. | We Are Happy | 23. | Suteronomy 32:39-43 | |||
| 12. | Adon Olam | 24. | Psalm 130 |