Indestructable Beat Of Soweto / Various - INDESTRUCTABLE BEAT OF SOWETO (VINYL LP Shanachie 43033) | NEW--

Label: Shanachie – 43033
Series: Zulu Jive – Volume 2
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Released: Jun 3, 2016
Genre: Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style: African

A1    Udokotela Shange Namajaha–    Awungilobolelo
A2    Nelcy Sedibe–    Holotelani
A3    Umahlathini Nabo–    Qhude Manikiniki
A4    Amaswazi Emvelo–    Indoda Yejazi Elimnyama
A5    Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo With Makgona Tshole Band*–    Emthonjeni Womculo
A6    Udokotela Shange Namajaha–    Sobabamba
B1    Moses Mchunu–    Qhwahilahle
B2    Amaswazi Emvelo–    Thul'ulalele
B3    Nganeziyamfisa No Khambalomvaleliso–    Sini Lindile
B4    Mahlathini Nezintombi Zomgqashiyo With Makgona Tshole Band*–    Ngicabange Ngaqeda
B5    Johnson Mkhalali–    Joyce No. 2
B6    Ladysmith Black Mambazo–    Nansi Imali

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Shanachie Records Corp.
Zulu Jive volume 2. Recorded in the period 1981-84.
Barcode: 016351433312

In South Africa, long-standing racial segregation, codified by apartheid, accelerated the growth of new musical styles in the black townships where black workers sought some re- lease from the daily grind in music and dance. The resultant township music styles, known collectively as mbaqanga, had the raw urgency of postwar Chicago blues in the United States. With accordions, guitars, fiddles, percussion (and ul- timately electric bass and guitar), mbaqanga was rollicking party music inspired by traditional Zulu and Sotho styles in collision with Afro-American rhythm 'n blues, jazz, blues and, later, reggae. Full-throated singing, often harmonized, rode jumpy rhythms and countermelodies with joyous results; no wonder singer/songwriter extraordinaire Paul Simon used township musicians to recreate their sound on his acclaimed Graceland album. The Indestructible Beat Of Soweto collects some of the greatest mbaqanga tracks recorded during 1981-1984. Collectively, they are a moving, irresistible testament to the enduring vitality of the human spirit rising from the direst oppression.

• Condition: NEW
• Format: Vinyl
• Internal ID: 016351433312
• Format Detail: LP
• Genre: WORLD
• Released: 2016-06-03