Taj Majal Meets The Culture Musical Club Of Zanibar-Mkutano-CD-FLAC-2005-THEVOiD

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 Info   
     Artist  | Taj Majal Meets The Culture Musical Club Of Zanibar
     Title   | Mkutano
     Genre   | Blues                                Format  | Album (CD)
     Source  | CD                                   Time    | 48:23
     Label   | Tradition & Moderne                  Store   | 2005
     Catalog | T&M 031                              Rip     | 2020-08-17
     Bitrate | 753 kbps                             Size    | 278.49 MB
     Freq    | 44.1 kHz                             Encoder | FLAC 1.3.1
 Tracks 
     01. Dhow Countries                                              7:47
     02. Muhoga Wa Jang' Ombe                                        6:10
     03. Zanzibar                                                    3:19
     04. Catfish Blues                                               6:22
     05. Naahidi Kulienzi                                            5:52
     06. Mkutano                                                     3:51
     07. Done Changed My Way Of Living                               5:29
     08. M'banjo                                                     3:29
     09. Mpunga                                                      6:04
 Notes  
     One of the most prominent figures in late 20th century blues,
     singer/multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal played an enormous role in
     revitalizing and preserving traditional acoustic blues. Not content to stay
     within that realm, Mahal soon broadened his approach, taking a
     musicologist's interest in a multitude of folk and roots music from around
     the world - reggae and other Caribbean folk, jazz, gospel, R&B, zydeco,
     various West African styles, Latin, even Hawaiian. The African-derived
     heritage of most of those forms allowed Mahal to explore his own ethnicity
     from a global perspective and to present the blues as part of a wider
     musical context.
     Yet while he dabbled in many different genres, he never strayed too far
     from his laid-back country blues foundation. Blues purists naturally didn't
     have much use for Mahal's music, and according to some of his other
     detractors, his multi-ethnic fusions sometimes came off as indulgent, or
     overly self-conscious and academic. Still, Mahal's concept was vindicated
     in the '90s, when a cadre of young bluesmen began to follow his lead - both
     acoustic revivalists (Keb' Mo', Guy Davis) and eclectic bohemians (Corey
     Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart).
     Taj Mahal goes Zanzibar on "Mkutano". As early as the first few bars
     of the opening song "Dhow Countries" it becomes evident that Taj
     Mahal's latest African journey is a musical winner. Not only did he
     take his blues to a place that is the stuff of myth and fantasy,
     this East African island just off the coast of Tanzania has been
     capturing the man's imagination and spirit in a profound kind of
     way. "Dhow Countries" is a slow and meditative blues in a minor key.
     A tender evocation of African moods with lots of feeling, enhanced
     by the sounds of the Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar, the first and
     foremost taarab orchestra of Zanzibar.

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