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(Re) Taking off of the African Blues

Xolani Mthombeni — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:52:20 +0000

Throughout the past eight decades the world has been presented with the supremacy of John Coltrane: – the timelessness exuding from Take the “A” Train composition of Duke Ellington, or the home longing and evoking Hugh Masekela’s Stimela. At a particular instance, the courting and metaphoric Mbongeni Ngema’s Stimela Sase Zola, and now a paced [...]

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A Slanting Wind of the Blues

Xolani Mthombeni — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:27:05 +0000

As the step into spring has blossomed, the scent of pollen outside calls for newer, brighter, and better beginnings especially that of the diaspora and the African spirited realm. What better way to usher it in than with the drizzle of blues a courtesy extended by the Motherland International Blues and Jazz Festival. For the [...]

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Percy Sledge Biography

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:37:20 +0000

Source: biography.com Soul singer Percy Sledge recorded the 1966 hit “When a Man Loves a Woman.” Synopsis Born in Leighton, Alabama on November 25, 1940, Southern soul star Percy Sledge started out performing with the Esquires Combo. In the mid-1960s, he decided to launch his solo career, and thus Sledge scored his only No. 1 [...]

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