KUMUSHA, by William Chitauro, Kennedy Chinyere, Prince Mandere

KUMUSHA

by William Chitauro, Kennedy Chinyere, Prince Mandere

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1.	Karimudande 07:38	lyrics	buy track
Karimudande tateterera nhai mambo, Karimudande tashupika nhai mambo. Kusara shure tasarireiko nhai mambo, Kana wabarwa wotoshingo inhamoti.
2.	Merenje 06:12	lyrics	buy track
Tambirai wauya mwana wenye wauya - welcome this child of yours Mauya, Mauya,vakomana - welcome welcome people
3.	Taireva 08:32	lyrics	buy track
Huroyi hwnenyu Hutsinye hwenyu, hamunyare nahwo. Tamboreva mukoma. - We told you so brother
4.	Shumba 09:18	lyrics	buy track
Vakomana huyai muzoona huyai muone zvinoita mhondoro musango dema ha handeya kumatendera Pfumo rinobva mudziva – come and see the spear from the pool (that the ancestor sprits leave in the water)
5.	Bangidza 11:25	lyrics	buy track
Kana yarira mudzimu ino svika. Kana yariria mvura ino naya. When the mbira music plays the spirits come, even the rains come.
6.	Nyamutekairi 05:40	info	buy track
7.	Tondobayana 05:47	lyrics	buy track
Vakuru musagora mbiri mira vamwe, tonobayana
8.	Mahororo 07:48	lyrics	buy track
Chivano chedu baba chikarova, chikarova chete na baba muchazviona. If we let go of our culture we will suffer.
9.	Nherera 05:29	lyrics	buy track
Vanamai chengutai nherera, chengutai nherera, kusi kusa rudza kwava , kudakwava nadenga. Zaranyika Don’t tease the orphans, its not their fault they are orphans, it’s the same all over the world.
10.	Tememusasa 06:19	lyrics	buy track
Emerina kudada iwe, kune vamwe mai vairamba vamwe. Koroorana kwekare kare kwaibro mazuva, koroorana kwemazuva ano kunoshura mazuva

about

In 2014 mbira maestro William Chitauro gathered together fellow local musicians Kennedy Chinyere and Prince Mandere to record an album of mbira music and song. Recordings took place in William’s house and were generally recorded in one take to keep their freshness and vitality. This album is a unique chance to hear mbira music as played today in Zimbabwe in the country areas (known as kumusha, hence the title).

All the money raised through digital sales will be passed on to the musicians in Zimbabwe.

The mbira is the central instrument for ceremonies and gatherings in the Shona culture of Zimbabwe. Hundreds of years old, this music has been developed and transmitted from generation to generation and the songs that appear on this album are played regularly in ceremonies in order to help people maintain contact with the wisdom and advice of their ancestors. The mbira in this recording are placed in gourds (deze) to transmit the sound and the percussive buzzing you hear are the bottle tops attached to the mbria and gourds, an essential part of the music. The lyrics often consist of very traditional elements with contemporary additions.

More music from these musicians is available from the Chiriseri Mbira Collective at www.chiriserimbira.com

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released September 9, 2016

The musicians:

William Chitauro: mbira arrangements and mbira. Vocals on tracks 2, 4 and 7.

Kennedy Chinyere: mbira, vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8 and 9

Prince Mandere: mbira

Mbira arrangements by William Chitauro.

Recorded in Chiriseri, Zimbabwe and mixed in the UK by Mike Parnell

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