OK, here we go: Welcome to the blog of the kwela project at www.kwela.co.uk. Take a look at About to find out more. Nothing much else to say now - I just want to start fixing up the blog and I need an initial post to be able to see my changes ;-)
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
One Comment
Hello Chris,
this is not the first time I stumbled upon your site and I enjoyed it every time. Great Work!
My interest in kwela is simply that the two songs of a 45rpm-record my parents owned linger through my childhood memories. It was a renault ad campaign in (somewhat) 2004 that made me (and my brother as well) look for that single at my parent’s place - but it’s gone. It was played by Elias & his Zig Zag Jive flutes and it was NOT “Tom Hark/RyRy”. I’m still looking for it, which makes me collect every piece of kwela I find.
What interests me is the fact that this band doesn’t seem to play any role in samplers - be it “Something new in Africa” or “Pennywhistle - the magical Instrument of Africa”.
Have you got any hint about the reason?
Thanks in advance, Stephan