Afrikan music to check out
So last night i attempted to go to a concert, which i found out will actually be next sunday at a local bar called chez ntemba. it was mr nice, a singer from tanzania. who sings fagilia
http://web.syr.edu/~fbanyikw/Fagilia.htm
and a song called first lady on rafiki. i don't speak swahili, so i dont really understand what he is saying in fagilia. but a fun song to dance to.
the most popular without a doubt, here would be the late brenda fassie, who od'd a year or two ago, but made some awesome music and did some great things down in south afrika, like being openly bisexual. mali is the only cd i have, but she rocks.
also jose chameleon, another singer from tanzania has a fun song dorotia that also kicks ass to dance too.
mafikizolo another south afrikan group has some really fun songs. they play kwaito music.
there is also danny k. from zambia who sings a song called yakumbuyo-although i dont speak the zambian language, i think it is nyanja, but it is very similar to chichewa, and ya kumbuyo translates as "from behind" an interesting topic for a song, and was unfortunately banned from malawian radios. even though everyone loves the song.
Oliver Mtukudzi from zimbabwe is awesome too. he has a song that is like what shall we do. he has been performing for years and doing a lot great things here, raising awareness and i dont know a lot of his music but worth checking out for sure.
maybe tomorrow i will go over malawian music. thats it for now
http://web.syr.edu/~fbanyikw/Fagilia.htm
and a song called first lady on rafiki. i don't speak swahili, so i dont really understand what he is saying in fagilia. but a fun song to dance to.
the most popular without a doubt, here would be the late brenda fassie, who od'd a year or two ago, but made some awesome music and did some great things down in south afrika, like being openly bisexual. mali is the only cd i have, but she rocks.
also jose chameleon, another singer from tanzania has a fun song dorotia that also kicks ass to dance too.
mafikizolo another south afrikan group has some really fun songs. they play kwaito music.
there is also danny k. from zambia who sings a song called yakumbuyo-although i dont speak the zambian language, i think it is nyanja, but it is very similar to chichewa, and ya kumbuyo translates as "from behind" an interesting topic for a song, and was unfortunately banned from malawian radios. even though everyone loves the song.
Oliver Mtukudzi from zimbabwe is awesome too. he has a song that is like what shall we do. he has been performing for years and doing a lot great things here, raising awareness and i dont know a lot of his music but worth checking out for sure.
maybe tomorrow i will go over malawian music. thats it for now