World Music – the Music Journey
A music journey through the world
I want to present, Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi from Zimbabwe. Oliver born in 1952 in Highfield, Salisbury, began performing in 1977 and released 49 albums. He won everything you can imagine from music awards in his Country. Here is the song “Tozeza Baba”
Simon Chimbetu(1955-2005), was a zimbabwean sungura guitarist who died in 2005 after a car accident. Here’s his song “One Way“:
Music from Zimbabwe is always great. This evening, I present you the Bhundu Boys, a Zimbabwean chimurenga band, influenced by pop, rock and roll, disco and country music elements. Here’s their great song “Simbimbino“:
Eric & Mondrek Muchena were to Zimbabwean Mbira musician. Here’s their nice song “Taireva“:
The Mbira DzeNharira is a zimbabwean music ensemble playing Mbira songs. Here’s their great song “Kumatender”, a Mbira classic:
Louis Mhlanga is a South Africa based Zimbabwean guitar player. Here’s his song “Take Me“:
After posting (Pieces of Paper and Zambezi), here’s another song, “Saved”, from this great Zimbabwean musician Tinashé.
