http://media.blubrry.com/nycradiolive/p/www.davidellenbogen.com/podcastmedia/Cosmas_Magaya_Podcast_15.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSCosmas Magya is a master of the Mbira ( a type of thumb piano) from the Shona tribe in Zimbabwe. Here he performs and explains the way the instrument is used in ceremonies to contact ancestors. We’ll also hear a track he recorded with another …
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http://media.blubrry.com/nycradiolive/p/www.davidellenbogen.com/podcastmedia/Thomas_Mapfumo_Podcast_10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSThomas Mapfumo, of Zimbabwe, is a revolutionary musician in every sense of the word. Musically, his band was one of the first to experiment with combining the mbira (thumb piano) and electric guitars and he was the first to put his own lyrics to traditional …
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