Izambulelo - Traditional and Contemporary Music from Zimbabwe

Ramadu, singer with the Zimbabwean a cappella group Insingizi, presents traditional and contemporary music from Zimbabwe. An excellent, varied album from traditional a cappella songs with excellent harmony singing and accompanied songs with traditional African drums and percussion to modern African music. Information about each of the songs. “The mixture of background music and voices create a wonderful sound of ‘isicathamiya’(*).” Joseph Shabalala, head and lead singer of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (*) (Ladysmith’s special style of harmony singing)