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Friday, 30 July 2010

50s South African Jazz punts skin lighteners

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The insidious impact of mass media in shaping our identities and preferences goes way back and more than skin deep! Take this 78rpm South Af...
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Moses Mchunu’s Indestructable Beat (1975)

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Moses Mchunu’s style of music is said by musicologists such as Charles Hamm  to fall into the neo-traditional form of Mbaqanga - infectious ...
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Thursday, 22 July 2010

Pull Up! Sixties Jazz 78s

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An absolutely fantastic collection of Jazz 78s that were compiled to cassette in London in the eighties. The cassette was sold at Anti-Apart...
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Reggae Shhh!

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This has got to be one of the most obscure LPs we've shared at electricjive. We came across the recording through a record-dealer but a...
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Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Kwela going global: “Spokes of Africa” keeps inspiring

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This Spokes Mashiyane rarity goes out to Donpiper and the pennywhistle music-makers and keepers at the schiff and fipple forum, as well...
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Saturday, 3 July 2010

Made in Manenburg: Early Tony Schilder Trio with Leslie Kleinsmith (1984)

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There have been so many exceptional musicians emanating from Cape Town’s Schilder family, it is easy to become confused. The compositions an...
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Stomping good fun: South African Accordion Jive (1972)

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A boisterous stomping good time is being had by football lovers in South Africa. In Durban the beachfront promenade is one big festival of f...
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