Busi Mhlongo

• FROM THE PIONEERING QUEEN OF MASKANDA

• FOR THE FIRST TIME ON VINYL

• THE ALBUM THAT FOREVER CHANGE SOUTH AFRIC'A MUSIC

Groundbreaking work from Busi Mhlongo – a real shift in South American soul at the end of the 90s, almost as if the set was marking the new sense of pride and nation that was taking place at the tip of the continent! Mhlongo's vocals are amazing – expressive in familiar soul ways, but with a range that's really mesmerizing – served up with rhythms that roll along in styles that echo older musical modes of the nation, but leaner and more focused – as are the chorus vocals on most tracks too!

PERSONNEL:

• Umfazi Omnyama - 12-string acoustic guitar
• Mkhalelwa "Spector" Ngwazi - acousti guitar
• Lokua Kanza - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Jabulani Mthembu, Mkhalelwa Ngwazi, Mzonjani Shezi, Phika Mnyandu, Themba Ngcobo,Thobi Mghobozi - backing vocal
• Hilaire Penda, Noël Ekwabi, Themba "Ntshebe" Ngcobo -bass
• Brice Wassy - drums
• Jack Djeyim - electric guitar
• Will Mowat - keyboards
• Simphiwe Matole - marimba
• Sydney Thiam - percussion
• Mabi Thobejane - vocals

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Yehlisan'umoya Ma-Afrika
• A2. Yapheli'mali Yami
• A3. We Baba Omncane
• A4. Yise Wabant'a Bami

• SIDE B
• B1. Uganga Nge Ngane
• B2. Ngadlalwa Yindoda
• B3. Zithin'lzizwe
• B4. Oxamu