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Zimbabwe: New Kid On the Block Edene Launches Debut Album |
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Sunday, 29 July 2007 |
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Zimbabwe Independent -Itai Mushekwe
(Harare) 6 July 2007
Posted to the web 6 July 2007 USA-based Zimbabwean artist Edene jetted into the country a few weeks ago to launch her self-titled debut album, Edene, after spending five years in the U.S. In an interview this week, the young promising musician said she had come back to her roots to officially launch her nine-track debut album on July 14 and set the ground for her musical career growth. Edene said it did not make sense for her to release the album in America because "charity begins at home". The artist who dubs her music as pop said: "I want to start from my country and grow from here just like musical legends Oliver Mtukudzi and Thomas Mapfumo. Just because there are problems in Zimbabwe, it doesn't mean life must not go on." |
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The Melodians performing live in Dallas |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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One of Jamaica's greatest Rocksteady groups, The Melodians, cutting a series of classic singles during the late '60s and early '70s that included the internationally famed "Rivers of Babylon" and "Sweet Sensation, " will be performing at the Granada Theatre in Dallas on Sunday July 22 2007 |
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From South Africa - Lucky Dube *** CITIZEN OF DALLAS, TEXAS |
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
We were very nicely surprised upon our arrival in Dallas, Texas. The promoter, Clive of Africa Rythms told us, they had a special gift for Lucky, from the Mayor of Dallas. Normally we were going to run, but not this time. Just before the show, they called Lucky to the stage and gave him an envelope, a big one. He opened it, it was a huge certificate, and the MC for that show Kelli Seals-Obazee, read it out to the people.
It read………..’’BE IT KNOWN THAT LUCKY DUBE, HAS, ON THIS DAY, BEEN MADE AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF DALLAS TEXAS. AND UNDER THIS CHARTER, SHALL HOLD AND ENJOY A PLACE OF HIGH ESTEEM IN THE MINDS AND THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY’’. Signed May 27. |
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There's more to reggae than Bob Marley - Houston Chronicle |
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
And dig even deeper ... Lucky Dube, who performs here later this month, makes pointed and political reggae from South Africa. Prisoner, from 1991, might be his strongest work, though there's something to be said for the great live set, his only collection to include Born to Suffer. . . . Third World leans on the poppier side, but that's fine. Rock the World (1981) is warm and lovable, especially the hoofing invite Dancing on the Floor. . . . John Holt is an incredible singer who is definitely best served by one of several good career-spanning anthologies. . . . Freddie MacGregor is one of my favorite reggae artists. He has a rich voice and consistently serves up great material. Bobby Bobbylon (1980) is the one to get. No reggae list can be assembled without some reference to rocksteady, ska and dancehall. Anthologies are the best route for rocksteady. The Gaylads are a favorite. Also worth seeking out are Alton Ellis, the Ethiopians, Ken Boothe and the Kingstonians. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/4765982.html |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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Robin Denselow
Monday May 7, 2007
The Guardian  Roundhouse, London http://music.guardian.co.uk/live/story/0,,2073884,00.html Salif Keita likes to keep his audiences guessing. He may be blessed with one of the greatest voices in Africa, if not the planet, but he uses it in a different way almost every time he performs. He has been responsible for some brilliant - as well as some dreadful - concerts, so though his last two albums rate as African classics, there was no guarantee that he would be on form. |
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Louis Mhlanga seeks to soothe the soul |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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Mhlanga got his first guitar when he was just a 10-year-old growing up in Harare, then Salisbury. He taught himself how to play by watching his older brothers and their friends, who used to gather at his house with their guitars. He listened, he watched, and he learned. “And when they were gone, I would try.” “We look at each other, we smile at each other, few words. And, we seem to belong to each other, we seem to share similar experiences. Such that we find ourselves not having to say much to one another, carrying on from where we have just started. |
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