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Next Stop... Soweto - Township Sounds From The Golden Age Of Mbaqangwa (2010)
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Length:  52:44
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 I_Sivenoe    2:45
      2.  
      		 Maphuthi    2:42
      3.  
      		 Kuya_Hanjwa    2:33
      4.  
      		 Wenzani_Umoya    3:10
      5.  
      		 Umkhovu    3:25
      6.  
      		 Inkonjane_Jive    2:23
      7.  
      		 Ingoina_Le_Nyathi    2:33
      8.  
      		 Take_Off    2:28
      9.  
      		 Ismodeni    2:15
      10.  
      		 Zwe_Kumusha    2:34
      11.  
      		 Emuva    2:32
      12.  
      		 Umaduna_Omnyama    2:41
      13.  
      		 Mr_J_S_Mpanza    2:14
      14.  
      		 Sikhwele    2:52
      15.  
      		 Soul_Chakari    2:42
      16.  
      		 Jabulani_Balaleli_Part_2    2:42
      17.  
      		 Nomacala    2:42
      18.  
      		 10_to_11    2:20
      19.  
      		 Awufuni_Ukulandela_Na    2:23
      20.  
      		 Happy_Africa    2:38
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      Strut follow their recent forays into Nigerian and Ethio grooves with a brand new wide-ranging three-part series exploring underground South African music during the late ‘60s and ‘70s, NEXT STOP SOWETO - Volume 1 explores the vibrant energy of the township jive sound, whilst Volumes 2 and 3, released across Spring and Summer 2010, cover rare SA soul, funk & Hammond R&B and the country’s rich jazz scene.
      Jazz had been a fixture in South African music since the ‘50s and jive (or mbaqanga) initially emerged a decade later as a fusion combining elements of rural Zulu music and harmony vocal styles with Western instrumentation. Early stars like “groaner” Simon Mahlathini, Nkabinde and the Mahotella Queens were key in developing a colourful, danceable sound and a competitive scene began to flourish during the late ‘60s with rival female groups like Izintombi Zesi Manje Manje gaining in popularity.

      With NEXT STOP SOWETO, Strut trace some of the amazing music that often only appeared on short run 45s at the time, including tracks by smaller and lesser known bands that plied their trade under apartheid during the years before the tumultuous Soweto uprising of 1976. Featuring music recorded primarily for the local market, the album takes the listener far beyond the accepted township jive template into fusions with jazz, gospel, rumba, funk and traditional mining songs, all under-pinned by a gritty, uncompromising edge. -- Strut Records

      2:48 | 01. Melotone Sisters & Amaqola Ban - I Sivenoe
      2:44 | 02. The Mgababa Queens - Maphuti
      2:35 | 03. S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa
      3:11 | 04. Big Four - Wenzani Umoya
      3:26 | 05. Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens - Umkhovi
      2:25 | 06. Zed Nkabinde - Inkonjane Jive
      2:35 | 07. Intombi Zephepha - Ingoina Le Nayathi
      2:30 | 08. Tempo All Stars - Take Off
      2:18 | 09. Boy-Nze Na Maqueens - I'smodeni
      2:37 | 10. Mahotella Queens - Zwe Kumusha
      2:33 | 11. African Swingsters - Emuva
      2:43 | 12. Ubhekitsche Namajongosi - Umaduna Omnyama
      2:16 | 13. Lucky Strike Sisters - Mr. J.S. Mpanza
      2:55 | 14. Aba-Lilizeli - Sikhwele
      2:45 | 15. Reggie Msomi & His Hollywood Jazz Band - Soul Chakari
      2:44 | 16. Amaqawe Omculo - Jabulani Balaleli (Part 2)
      2:45 | 17. Piston Mahlathini & The Queens - Nomacala
      2:22 | 18. Sammy Boy - 10 To 11
      2:26 | 19. Izintombi Zasi Manje Manje - Awofuni Ukulandela Na?
      2:40 | 20. Iza Wena - Happy Africa
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