long time no write no hear
I haven't blogged in a long while and i was just in the mood to write and to start me off is the album of one of africa's finest instrumentalist, freedom fighter Hugh Rampolo Masekela's Greatest hits album released in the year 2000(one of the many in the market).I bought this one because it was cheap £3 to be exact and never had any thing by him in my collection outside grazing in the grass, fela and Don't go
I played it while watching Man United vs Liverpool today 19th September 2010 which we won 3-2 ,thank God ,after giving away a 2 goal Lead.Firstly, I wasn't really feeling it, except for a few songs but after a couple of repeats , it quite a really good collection, the song that stands out is STIMELA, track 14 and what a song to close this collection with, you can actually hear the pain in the song. Its basically about the longing for family and the suffering under apartheid that black miners went through at the hands of their white oppressors after they travelled from mozambique to south africa to look for work.
They are 14 tracks in total with liners with gives you brief history of all the songs(this is what is missing in the new music now), we do not get the historical background and how songs can together, call me old school but nothing makes me happy than buying a cd and it have liners and storys about the songs, which makes me appreciate the songs the more.
Of the 14 Songs,8 were written by Hugh and they are mainly freedom songs and one dedicated to his ex wife called mama and also one dedicated to nelson mandela,all in all a very strong cd which i highly recommend if you want to know about the pre free south africa music.Feel the power of his flugel horn !!!
Hugh Africa salutes you and thanks you for your contribution to music especially african music
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