Thursday, May 20, 2010

Dumisan Abraham Maraire- The African Mbira: Music of the Shona People of Rhodesia (Nonesuch, 1972)

Abraham Dumisani Maraire (1944-November 25, 1999) was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba. He introduced Zimbabwean music to North America, initiating a flourishing of Zimbabwean music in the Pacific Northwest that continues to spread in the 21st century...(Wikipedia)

Straight-up magical...


Mediafire Download Link: Dumisani Abraham Maraire- The African Mbira: Music of the Shona People of Rhodesia

1 Kana Ndoda Kuramba Murume 5:48
2 Tipe Tizwe 4:20
3 Misorodzi 7:33
4 Gumbukumbu 6:43
5 Ndini Baba 6:22
6 Urombo 6:22

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

i saw this guy play about 20 years ago and it was a magical sonic construct

Anonymous said...

Ghostcapital, this record changed my life. Thaanks

Peter said...

Truly amazing sounds. Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Would you please be so kind to reoffer the download: the download link does not work anymore. I would buy the digital download from nonsuch records but there are no liner notes etc.

thanks
Christian