Rise Kagona surely knows something about suffering. The Zimbabwean musician and founder of The Bhundu Boys endured the lose of four of his former band mates to AIDS or suicide and the disintegration of a band that – with the considerable promotional weight of John Peel and Andy Kershaw behind them – were pioneers of 'World Music', and played before massive festival audiences internationally at their peak in the 1980s. Happily Tanzwa Nekutambura represents a return and – one hopes – something more than a temporary reprieve for Kagona. Teamed up with the Bhundu Boys first UK champion Scotsman Doug Veitch, Kagona has a record and an agent is touring festivals once more. While the recording fails to "conjure the explosive extravaganza of African mellifluence" promised by the liner notes, and suffers from some less than stellar and unfortunately mixed percussion, it is lovely to hear Kagona's guitar work and vocals once more.
Sunday, 9 September, 2007
Rise & Doug - Tanzwa Nekutambura / We've Suffered Enough (RDKV Music)
Rise Kagona surely knows something about suffering. The Zimbabwean musician and founder of The Bhundu Boys endured the lose of four of his former band mates to AIDS or suicide and the disintegration of a band that – with the considerable promotional weight of John Peel and Andy Kershaw behind them – were pioneers of 'World Music', and played before massive festival audiences internationally at their peak in the 1980s. Happily Tanzwa Nekutambura represents a return and – one hopes – something more than a temporary reprieve for Kagona. Teamed up with the Bhundu Boys first UK champion Scotsman Doug Veitch, Kagona has a record and an agent is touring festivals once more. While the recording fails to "conjure the explosive extravaganza of African mellifluence" promised by the liner notes, and suffers from some less than stellar and unfortunately mixed percussion, it is lovely to hear Kagona's guitar work and vocals once more.
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