http://www.kwela.co.uk/kachamba-brothers-musical-sunshine-from-malawi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kachamba-brothers-musical-sunshine-from-malawi Pennywhistle jive from South Africa Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:09:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.kwela.co.uk/kachamba-brothers-musical-sunshine-from-malawi/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Andy Rigby Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:40:53 +0000 http://www.kwela.co.uk/?p=44#comment-412 Great to hear a young Donald Kachamba! Some of the coolest kwela I've heard is the solo playing in the film "Magic Garden". The player's name was Willard Cele and he was ahead of the pack who recorded kwela. The film was made in 1952, whereas Tom Hark was recorded in 1956. I don't know of any recordings released by Cele, but many sources acknowledge him as the inventor of the special kwela embouchure (holding the whistle differently in the mouth to achieve pitch-bending and tone change). I have been playing and teaching kwela in Australia for ten years now, but have not met an African here who plays. Every South African remembers the music, though. Thanks again, Andy Rigby. Great to hear a young Donald Kachamba! Some of the coolest kwela I’ve heard is the solo playing in the film “Magic Garden”. The player’s name was Willard Cele and he was ahead of the pack who recorded kwela. The film was made in 1952, whereas Tom Hark was recorded in 1956. I don’t know of any recordings released by Cele, but many sources acknowledge him as the inventor of the special kwela embouchure (holding the whistle differently in the mouth to achieve pitch-bending and tone change). I have been playing and teaching kwela in Australia for ten years now, but have not met an African here who plays. Every South African remembers the music, though.
Thanks again, Andy Rigby.

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