Zimbabwe's Music Ambassador, Oliver Mtukudzi, is one of Africa's top music icons. His music will make your body smile and move. I already wrote a post about Oliver but wanted to share some of his groove.....enjoy!http://mog.com/Justin/blog_post/349
Zimbabwe's Music Ambassador, Oliver Mtukudzi, is one of Africa's top music icons. His music will make your body smile and move. I already wrote a post about Oliver but wanted to share some of his groove.....enjoy!http://mog.com/Justin/blog_post/349
It was the music of Zimbabwe on last Friday's Spin The Globe, plus an interview with Myrna Capp (author of Keeping the Embers Alive: Musicians of Zimbabwe ) with live mbira tunes from Sheree Seretse. Also, congrats to listener Tina, who won this week's CD giveaway for Oliver Mtukudzi's Nhava Playlist for Spin The Globe as heard on radio KAOS-fm 5 September 2008 Artist - Song - Album ho...
Most musicians take a while to grow on me, Oliver had me within 2 seconds. The music, the instrumentation, his voice... everything pieces together just right. He is what got me into African music. I think I remember reading something describing him as "the Otis Redding of Zimbabwe," while I don't feel that's completely accurate I can definitely understand their logic. He has a smooth voice ...