THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED – Mr Music (1985) FULL ALBUM - Funk / Soul, Folk, Afrobeat скачать в хорошем качестве

THOMAS MAPFUMO & THE BLACKS UNLIMITED – Mr Music (1985) FULL ALBUM - Funk / Soul, Folk, Afrobeat

| 00:00:00 | Congress | 00:10:21 | Kufa Kwangu | 00:18:03 | Tondobayana | 00:23:25 | Juanita | 00:30:44 | Maria CREDITS: Artwork By [Sleeve Concept, Design], Photography – Dennis Morris Backing Vocals, Percussion – Tobias Areketa Backing Vocals, Performer [Claps] – Lancelot Kashesha Bass – Charles Mayana Composed By, Liner Notes, Lead Vocals [Uncredited] – Thomas Mapfumo Drums – Sebastien Farado Engineer – Bothwell Nyamhondera Ensemble – The Blacks Unlimited Guitar [Lead] – Lucky Mupawaenda Guitar [Sub Lead] – Leonard Chiyangwa Producer – A.K. Mapfumo Saxophone [Saxaphone] – Unity Ndlovu Trumpet – Everson Chibamu Trumpet – Temba Moncube THOMAS MAPFUMO, Real Name: Thomas Tafirenyika Mapfumo Born in 1945 in Marondera, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. He began his musical career playing covers of American rock and soul music before joining Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, where he began adapting traditional music of the Shona to modern instrumentation and techniques. This process included transcribing the scales and sounds of the mbira to electric guitar. He invented and popularized Chimurenga music - literally "struggle" in Shona - which was often overtly political. In addition to his modern incarnation of traditional music, his lyrics were sung in Shona. In the late 1970s singing in Shona instead of English was a political statement in and of itself. In Mapfumo's case, it was specifically critical of the white ruling class of Rhodesia. The government, underestimating his popularity, eventually banned his records and imprisoned Mapfumo without charges in 1979. After a series of large protests demanding his release, he was set free three months later. Though he initially celebrated the independence of Zimbabwe in 1980, he became increasingly disillusioned with the regime of Robert Mugabe. This was, again, reflected in the music he produced throughout the 1980s; mostly as Thomas Mapfumo And The Blacks Unlimited. His lyrics often addressed issues of poverty and social development. After a campaign of government-sponsored harassment, he emigrated to the United States, where he continues to live. THE BLACKS UNLIMITED Zimbabwean music group, formed in 1977. Members: Ashton Mukuratangwa, Charles Makokoba, Charles Mayana, Chartwell Dutiro, Charwell Dutiro, Ephraim Karimaura, Ernest Ncube, Everson Chibamu, Hanif David, Jonah Sithole, Kaya Charimba, Lancelot Mapfumo, Leonard Chiyangwa, Sabastian Mbata, Sebastien Farado, Temba Moncube, Thomas Mapfumo, Tobias Areketa, Washington Kavhyi