Showing posts with label Dumisan Abraham Maraire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dumisan Abraham Maraire. Show all posts

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...


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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