Afropop Presents Thomas Mapfumo Live, Afropop Worldwide
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Philadelphia Weekly, Afropop Presents Thomas Mapfumo Live, Afropop Worldwide >>
You will, on the other hand, want the full edition of Afropop Presents, the recording of a live Mapfumo show at New York's SOB's in 1991, when his critique of Mugabe's government was getting sharper. The live setting allows Mapfumo and his band to engage in an evolving musical conversation that can seem truncated on Rise Up. (Sadly, three of the band members from that show have since died.) Though he'd resisted some traditional African instrumentation in the past, Mapfumo brought two mbira players along with him on this tour, as well as his horn players, who always provided a Western jazzy punch. Mapfumo does a rousing 10-minute-plus version of his anticorruption song "Jo Jo," and a (literally) plucky mbira-dominated "Dangarangu." The imperfections of a live performance make this recording feel more urgent, and for Westerners, who can't understand what Mapfumo's saying, the instrumental dialogue serves as a sort of translator. 04/20/05 >> go there
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