Video: Mbube - Solomon Linda And The Evening ( The First Version )

So it's been a nice Jewish Christmas here for me, and a real Christmas for Rob. New posts to follow from both of us shortly. In the interim, enjoy these links about the origin of the pop song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight/ Wimoweh," popularized first by Pete Seeger and later, the Tokens, but originally recorded by South African folk musician Solomon Linda in 1939. First, an article by Rian Malan published in Rolling Stone in 2001, reprinted in The Best American Magazine Writing - 2001. This covers the origin story and makes the persuasive [...]

Quem: SOLOMON LINDAQuê: IsicathamiyaOnde: JoanesburgoQuando: 30s-60sComo: O isicathamiya, o canto a capella dos zulus, teve o seu primeiro grande sucesso comercial na África do Sul com este "Mbuba" (leão) de Solomon Linda (1939). Esta é a gravação original do tema, descoberta por Alan Lomax, base para o que viria, muitos anos depois, a ser um mega-sucesso mundial por via banda sonora do "Rei Leão

La distinction entre les genres dits « traditionnels » et la musique populaire plus récente est on ne peut plus flou. La musique traditionnelle n'est au fond qu'une musique populaire qui s'est ancrée profondément dans la culture au point qu'on la considère comme un élément à part […]