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BAND/ARTIST: Afrika Mamas
- Title: Afrika Mamas
- Year Of Release: 2016
- Label: ARC
- Genre: World, Africa
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC / 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 48:36 min
- Total Size: 315; 544 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Africa continues to reveal its incredible wealth of musical talent and the CDs that we feature in this edition of Africa Calling represent the very best of the latest widely-available releases. Our spotlight group this time out is Afrika Mamas, a seven-woman a cappella group from South Africa. The ladies are all single mothers with 11 children between them, and no doubt those lucky kids have amazing lullabies sung to them all the time!
The inspiring group Afrika Mamas are three-time South African Music Awards nominees, and have toured all over the world. They sing in an a cappella or Mbube style, featuring rich textures, thick harmonies, reminiscent of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The twelve tracks featured on this disc are a fantastic representation of the works of this moving group.
The old gospel chestnut “Robe and Crown” opens this effort and the ladies infuse the song with a healthy dose of ‘60s-style soul; follow-up track “Uzilibonge” is not sung in English but it is also about praising God and language barrier aside, the song’s reverential tone is palpable. As with several songs here, “Uzilibonge” is not strictly a cappella; it employs a bit of percussion which brings out the song’s African-ness. Shades of Billie Holiday permeate the lead vocals of “Tonny,” making the song an interesting juxtaposing of jazz and background vocals that are distinctly South African. Thanks to the CD’s liner notes we know that the song is about a guy who loves his woman and tells her on a regular basis that he appreciates “her curves.” “Qathaka” on the other hand has no meaning; it is a “click song” where the women have fun with Q and C sounds. About half way through the album Afrika Mamas revisit the western gospel sound with “Who’s Gonna Help Me,” once again doctoring the song up a bit, this time quite appropriately for an a cappella group, with some sweet doo wop. Three bass, three soprano and one alto singer provide the truly dulcet tones here.
Ntombifuthi Lushaba, band leader, soprano
Patricia Bhe Shandu, alto, lead singer
Sibongile Nkosi, bass, lead singer
Ntombizethu Joyise, soprano
Sinegugu Khoza, soprano, lead singer
Fikile Mhlongo, bass singer
Sister Zungu, bass singer
Tracklist:
4:10 | 01. Afrika Mamas - Robe and Crown
3:24 | 02. Afrika Mamas - Uzulibonge
3:43 | 03. Afrika Mamas - Nontsokolo
3:26 | 04. Afrika Mamas - Thuli
7:20 | 05. Afrika Mamas - Tonny
2:52 | 06. Afrika Mamas - Qathaka
4:01 | 07. Afrika Mamas - Who's Gonna Help Me
5:13 | 08. Afrika Mamas - Umkhumbi Ka Noah
3:15 | 09. Afrika Mamas - Amabheshu
3:09 | 10. Afrika Mamas - Wangenza
3:38 | 11. Afrika Mamas - Amazenze
4:24 | 12. Afrika Mamas - Bayalibuza
The inspiring group Afrika Mamas are three-time South African Music Awards nominees, and have toured all over the world. They sing in an a cappella or Mbube style, featuring rich textures, thick harmonies, reminiscent of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The twelve tracks featured on this disc are a fantastic representation of the works of this moving group.
The old gospel chestnut “Robe and Crown” opens this effort and the ladies infuse the song with a healthy dose of ‘60s-style soul; follow-up track “Uzilibonge” is not sung in English but it is also about praising God and language barrier aside, the song’s reverential tone is palpable. As with several songs here, “Uzilibonge” is not strictly a cappella; it employs a bit of percussion which brings out the song’s African-ness. Shades of Billie Holiday permeate the lead vocals of “Tonny,” making the song an interesting juxtaposing of jazz and background vocals that are distinctly South African. Thanks to the CD’s liner notes we know that the song is about a guy who loves his woman and tells her on a regular basis that he appreciates “her curves.” “Qathaka” on the other hand has no meaning; it is a “click song” where the women have fun with Q and C sounds. About half way through the album Afrika Mamas revisit the western gospel sound with “Who’s Gonna Help Me,” once again doctoring the song up a bit, this time quite appropriately for an a cappella group, with some sweet doo wop. Three bass, three soprano and one alto singer provide the truly dulcet tones here.
Ntombifuthi Lushaba, band leader, soprano
Patricia Bhe Shandu, alto, lead singer
Sibongile Nkosi, bass, lead singer
Ntombizethu Joyise, soprano
Sinegugu Khoza, soprano, lead singer
Fikile Mhlongo, bass singer
Sister Zungu, bass singer
Tracklist:
4:10 | 01. Afrika Mamas - Robe and Crown
3:24 | 02. Afrika Mamas - Uzulibonge
3:43 | 03. Afrika Mamas - Nontsokolo
3:26 | 04. Afrika Mamas - Thuli
7:20 | 05. Afrika Mamas - Tonny
2:52 | 06. Afrika Mamas - Qathaka
4:01 | 07. Afrika Mamas - Who's Gonna Help Me
5:13 | 08. Afrika Mamas - Umkhumbi Ka Noah
3:15 | 09. Afrika Mamas - Amabheshu
3:09 | 10. Afrika Mamas - Wangenza
3:38 | 11. Afrika Mamas - Amazenze
4:24 | 12. Afrika Mamas - Bayalibuza
Year 2016 | World | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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