So so beautiful... I absolutely love this music.

i love this. the sparse instrumentation is beautiful, the lyrics, how gently paced it is...classic stuff.

For Tom & Everything [Live BBC Broadcast]

Afropop’s Banning Eyre published his prize-winning biography of Thomas Mapfumo, Lion Songs, in 2015. In this episode, he visits the Lion of Zimbabwe at his home in Eugene, Oregon, to discuss new music, the current state of Zimbabwe and more. We hear from Mapfumo’s latest album, Ndikutambire, and sneak previews of works in progress. We also meet 24-year-old Mary Anibal of Harare, a super-talented mbira player, singer/bandleader following in Mapfumo’s footsteps. Subscribers to the Afropop podcast stream, might remember this special episode from last year. In honor of Thomas’ 80th birthday this month, we are pleased to now share it on the radio!

Produced by Banning Eyre
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Chimurenga Legacy - Thomas Mapfumo and Mary Anibal

My first public attempt with the first of the hardingfele Rammeslått tunes from the magical valley of Setesdal. 
Recorded live with a Zoom during a concert of the contemporary music group NEO Suomi at the artArctica festival, 13.2.2016. Vapaan Taiteen Tila, Helsinki. 
Electronics by Hugh Sheehan.
Hardingfele by Einar Løndal, 1975; mounted entirely with gut strings, tuned at A=415Hz.

For Tom & Everything [Live BBC Broadcast]

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