here’s the last song, for this unit anyway. In future I’ll drop the teaching metaphor which has actually become quite tiresomse.
Last word from Zola – a giant of Kwaito. Another great tune.
Entries from June 2007
June 20, 2007
class dismissed
June 20, 2007
post script to lesson 5 – another fantastic video by Freshlyground
Yes! A complete fusion of sounds:look out for the distinct twang of the Mbaqanga guitar and uplifting bass that is threaded neatly through its groove. Nothing quite like a bit of township jive
June 20, 2007
some lessons in South African music: genres defied
Further to previous lessons (please look at them for the sake of my blog stats and your own musical education) here is a band that typifies south african genre busting. The beauty of good South African music has always been for me the way in which many bands embrace an eclectic [...]
June 17, 2007
some lessons in South African music: lesson 4
what’s this one? kwaito again – an important proponent of the genre Mandoza and some oke called Danny K- dunno who he is – that’s the second video.
The first video is a band called Mafikizolo – i just love their dance sound: don’t think you could call it Kwaito. Township [...]
June 17, 2007
some lessons in South African music: lesson 3 Rock
This one of South Africa’s greatest ever Rock outfits and I think this song lets them down. It’s a litlle more commercial than what they normally do and the power of Arno Caarstens voice is dampened by YouTube. I’m afraid it’s you americans that are mostly at fault here, and the [...]
June 17, 2007
some lessons in South African music: lesson 2 South African Hip Hop
Lesson 2 involves a band called Max Normal and again this is a class video. It’s not their best tune, it’s not very Hip Hop and they’re fantastic live so a video takes away from some of their quality. Still it’s an excellent video, a good song and a lesson in [...]
June 17, 2007
some lessons in South African music: lesson 1 Kwaito
The first is by a group called TKZ or TKZee. Their type of music is usually labelled as Kwaito, a mix of township style music, Hip Hop and House, but this is a lot more Hip Hop in style. The rap is, of course, indigineous, not English.
This is a good tune and [...]
