ARTIST: Oliver Mtukudzi & The Black Spirits TITLE: Sarawoga LABEL: Tuku Music Oliver Mtukudzi is one of African music’s living legends. Mtukudzi’s recordings, along with those of his friendly rival Thomas Mapfumo, have introduced millions of non-Africans to the glorious popular music of Zimbabwe, largely derived from tunes played on the traditional mbira thumb-piano. And in country, the two superstars have provided the soundtrack to the both Zimbabwean revolution and to the problematic Mugabe era that has followed it. [...]
photos by Robert Altman Oliver Mtukudzi / Fatoumata Diawara Over the last decade Globalfest has presented 21st-century world music as an accelerating fusion, a recombinant free-for-all of local traditions meeting ideas and technologies from afar. It's a realistic view of how musicians work; very few are purists. And some hybrids have grown durable enough to feel like traditions of their own. That's how it was with this year's superb African contingent at Globalfest: Oliver [...]
[author-name] Oliver Mtukudzi Zimbabwean star Oliver Mtukudzi is scheduled to perform on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 8:00 pm at Reynolds Industries Theater at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Guitarist and singer-songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi , better known as “Tuku,” has produced dozens of original albums, most of them best sellers in his native Zimbabwe. But it is his dedication to the live music scene in Zimbabwe – playing to enthusiastic audiences in even the remotest parts [...]
Oliver Mtukudzi Annual NYC world music festival globalFEST , whose name was recently borrowed for a much bigger one-off event in Central Park , have announced the lineup for their 2013 festival which will go down on all three stages at Webster Hall on January 13 . The lineup, now complete, includes A Tribe Called Red (Canada), Christine Salem (Reunion), Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan (Iran/Turkey), La Santa Cecilia [...]
HEADS UP Acoustic Africa: Habib Koite, Oliver Mtukudzi & Afel Bocoum @ Royce Hall Saturday 26 March 2011 [ ENTER TO WIN TICKETS NOW ] The Acoustic Africa tour features Habib Koité, the Malian superstar whose exciting concerts have endeared him to audiences worldwide, Oliver Mtukudzi, the best-selling artist in his home country of Zimbabwe, and, a guitarist, singer, and composer from Mali whose songs evoke the evolution of traditional Malian society, Afel Bocoum.
If you're looking for a way to chill out before Vinyl this evening, consider Acoustic Africa at Club Soda. Oliver Mtukudzi, Habib Koite, and Afel Bokoum will (jointly) take to the stage and run through some absolute classics. Oliver Mtukudzi (or 'Tuku', as they call him in Zimbabwe), is one of my favourite musicians ever. [...]
Encontro-me ainda ressacado de tanto jazz de qualidade. Overdosed on jazz . Desde o fecho da segunda edição deste Festival, tenho estado a viajar pela minha memória, revisitando as actuações, relembrando as músicas, tentando reviver as emoções. Qual delas a mais marcante? Qual o momento mais delicioso nestes três dias inesquecíveis? Abaixo está a minha eleição dos melhores momentos do Luanda International Jazz Festival. I'm still hungover from so much quality jazz. [...]
I thought I'd be able to complete the Countdown Series before the Festival started. Big mistake number one. I thought I'd have time to sleep during the weekend of the Festival. Big mistake number 2. But what happened in Luanda over the last 3 days was unforgettable. Never before had so many jazz greats been in the same city and shared the same stage around these parts. And for those who attended the jam session at Hotel Talatona after the last concert on Sunday, and watched the Angolan Simons Massini jazz it out with George Benson while Joe [...]
Tuku is coming to Luanda! Tuku, as Oliver Mtukudzi is affectionately known by his fans, is a stalwart of African music, adored and respected by many. A gifted musician, composer, and guitarist, he is one of the highest manifestations of Zimbabwean music and culture. Tuku is a prolific artist and has released more than 40 albums, with the most recent one being Dairai. He sings in Shona, Ndebele and English, the national languages of Zimbabwe, and has had so much domestic and international success that he can't even name all the awards he's one. Among them are two [...]
So, as it comes up to exam time for all of us, I think it's time for me to start posting some songs from my 'Chimurenga' (and other Zimbabwean music) catalogue; I have some huge favourites by Thomas Mapfumo, the Bhundu Boys, the Four Brothers. But today I'm going to post two tracks which should go perfectly with this long weekend's (predicted) weather. They are both from Oliver Mtukudzi's 2001 Album 'Bvuma (Tolerance)'. Honest, sunny-time-beats. If we tolerate, then...what struggle? Oliver Mtukudzi - Wasakara (Download Here ) [...]
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The BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music have been a great source of inspiration and musical discovery for many not only in the UK, but around the world. Since 2002, the awards have highlighted global musicians from different corners of the world, and have given a special nod to world music "newcomers" such as Ba Cissoko, Yasmin Levy, Amr Diab, Chango Spasiuk, and Amparanoia. For reasons we haven't yet heard fully articulated, the BBC has decided to drop the awards. Ian Anderson, editor of fRoots magazine, is trying to keep the balls in [...]
[Before you start in below, please go here and give what you can to help photographer Lori Baily following her tragic loss.] Celebrate Brooklyn's fifteenth annual all-day African festival was actually the third date on their schedule this summer highlighting artists from that continent. I'd missed the shows with Salif Keita and Sibongile Khumalo (who'd been subbing for an injured Miriam Makeba). These six-and-a-half hours went very quickly, the two closing acts were exceptional. Last to first: I don't get [...]
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Every one of the three Golden Afrique compilations is awesome. (Thanks, Network Medien.) All three of today's tracks are awesome. Friday after work is awesome. This weather, even though it spells doom for my children, is awesome too. The third in the Golden Afrique series was released last fall. It [...]
Leaving in a few minutes for the big city, where Oliver Mtukudzi is having a birthday party in the form of the opening show of a four-day, eight-show run at Jazz Alley. Don't know if there will be cake, but I'm counting on those unique Tuku "big voice" vocals, mbira-style Zimbabwean guitar, and general positive vibrations. Tuku was born on this day in 1952, and he's one of those artists who not
Who : Trish Murphy When : Friday, 6:40-7:20 Where : BMI Stage What : An Austin-based singer-songwriter. Hear - Scorpio Tequila Who : Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits When : Friday, 7:15-8:15 Where : Washington Mutual Stage What : A Zimbabwean musician, one of the longest-lasting [...]
Zimbabwean music fans will have another online resource starting tomorrow. I haven't signed up, but Zimaudio offers 99 cent song downloads from Zimbabwe musicians, with high-quality mp3 song previews ( sample ). Started in 2001 as a personal project, Zimaudio.com has become purely because of the love of music. Aimed at becoming the biggest database of Zimbabwean music and artists [...]
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