Many thanks to The In Crowd and his/her learning2share blog for making these very early Willard Cele tracks available. Willard was the inspiration for many kwela players, maybe including Spokes Mashiyane. Listen to these recordings (Penny Whistle Blues and Penny Whistle Boogie) and you’ll hear quite a different style of kwela to that recorded by […]
Kwela Project link repository- Return of the Big Voice
- Sophiatown and South African Jazz: Re-appropriating a Cultural Identity
- The Originals� by Arnold Rypens
- a Kwela recording
- BBC - Radio 3 World on Your Street - Musicians' Stories: Dave Woodhead(1)
- Random Image for kwela
- Return of the Big Voice - Zebra Crossing
- Finding Tom Hark - Zebra Crossing
- Kwela Jake
- Back to Alexandra