Thursday, May 13th, 2010
I was just gifted about 30 or 40 world-music/South African cds, and I am stoked. Putumayo runs such a great compilation series, but who knew that Buddha Bar was so weird? I’ve already posted about Freshlyground, but I finally got my hands on some Oliver Mtukudzi. A performer from Zim(babwe), his music is just so incredibly light-hearted. “Chido Chenyu Here” is worth checking out for an idea of his sound, and the guitar is heavily reminding me of Paul Simon’s “I Know What I Know.” Kind of screwy, considering that Paul Simon’s work on Graceland was based on South African music, so I guess it should be vice-versa. Ah well, you have to start exploring music somewhere, right?
Just realized that I have about 13 days left here in Africa, can’t believe my life here is ending so soon. It’s been one helluva semester.