kwela in Songlines May 2007

April 6, 2007 – 9:25 pm

Four seconds short of the nominal 3 minute 30 second kwela format, the Solven Whistlers recording of Kwela Blues is to be found in the Gallo CD Sampler currently shipping with the May 2007 edition of Songlines magazine. “The Very Best in South African Music” contains the following tracks:

  1. Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens
    Lilizela Mlilizeli
  2. African Jazz Pioneers
    Emalangeni
  3. Manhattan Brothers
    Thabo Tseo
  4. Skylarks
    Holili
  5. Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    Ommu Beno Mmu
  6. Simphiwe Dana
    Ndiredi
  7. Lucky Dube
    Respect
  8. Thandiswa
    Ndiyahamba
  9. Soul Brothers
    Malume
  10. Solven Whistlers
    Kwela Blues
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Hello

April 4, 2007 – 11:18 am

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 ;-)

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