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Prahlad at Orr Street Tonight for Artrageous

benbw82 wrote 2 months ago: MU Professor Anand Prahlad will be performing the mbira tonight at Orr Street Studios as part of thi … more →

Tags: MU Events, Anand Prahlad, Orr Street Studios

Reminder: Prahlad at Heritage Festival on Saturday

benbw82 wrote 3 months ago: Anand Prahlad, MU English Professor, will be performing the Mbira, a Zimbabwean instrument, at Satur … more →

Tags: MU Events, Zimbabwe, heritage festival, Multimedia

War Resisters League’s 44th Annual Peace Award

propaganda press wrote 3 months ago: Vinie Burrows, Kassahun Checole, Imani Countess, Jennifer Davis, Kenyon Farrow, Silvia Federici … more →

Tags: Africa, Dennis Brutus, Women of Zimbabwe Arise, Fungai Maboreke, shona, War Resisters League, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe

Milltone Drum - A Very Cool Instrument5 comments

thejazzmonger wrote 4 months ago: Milltone Drum from above Sometimes, when I have a small amount of time to kill, I go to a website ca … more →

Tags: jazz, Open Posts, Calypso, Earth, EWF, Kalimba, Maurice White, Milltone Drum, Music

Mbira Queen

deadondres wrote 5 months ago: Stella Chiweshe, from Zimbabwe, a great Mbira player and awesome singer. Stella Rambisai Chiweshe … more →

Tags: Music, Zimbabwe, Style, Stella Chiweshe, thumb piano

Münster: CHIWONISO - "Rebel Woman" aus Zimbabwe am 20.6.

editor wrote 6 months ago: Chiwoniso, Afrosoul-Diva und „Rebel Woman“ aus Zimbabwe, gastiert mit ihrer Band am Samstag, 20. Jun … more →

Tags: Community, Chiwoniso, Kultur, Munster, Musik, shona, Zimbabwe

Münster: CHIWONISO - "Rebel Woman" aus Zimbabwe am 20.6.

editor wrote 6 months ago: Chiwoniso, Afrosoul-Diva und „Rebel Woman“ aus Zimbabwe, gastiert mit ihrer Band am Samstag, 20. Jun … more →

Tags: Community, Chiwoniso, Kultur, Munster, Musik, shona, Zimbabwe

A Portrait

deadondres wrote 6 months ago: New Buffaloes Album – A Portrait Buffaloes – BC Shuffle Buffaloes – Quebec Lions B … more →

Tags: Music, Crisis, malaise, Art, Artist, Blues, Discipline, Buffaloes, James Joyce

Foley Interview on Radio Information Service's Town Talk program3 comments

tfoleyhere wrote 7 months ago: With help and a connection from my project Adviser Kirsten Ervin, I was able to be a guest on an RIS … more →

Tags: Locally Toned (all posts), Ringtones and Accessibility, Kirsten Ervin, Radio Information Services of Pittsburgh, Marilyn Egan, Ris, town talk, pittsburgh opera, gamelan

1st Locally Toned Submission (by Herman Pearl a.k.a. DJ Soy Sos)1 comment

tfoleyhere wrote 7 months ago: DJ Soy Sos (a.k.a. Herman Pearl) Herman’s a friend of mine–a musician, audio producer an … more →

Tags: Ringtones, African thumb piano, modular ringtones, dueling ringtones, DJ Soy S.O.S., Herman Pearl

Plunk. Monday.

gingermusiccompany wrote 9 months ago: Plunk. Plunk. Plunk. Morning all. It’s all go as usual, but just a moment spare to post up thi … more →

Tags: ginger music company, david reck, heavy folk

Building the mbira buzz1 comment

thumbingthrough wrote 11 months ago: On the bottom edge of the instrument, they write their names in colored marker. Or they carve their … more →

Tags: Thumbs, Shona culture, Shona Music, gwariva, mbira soundboard, The Buzz

Walkin' in the Parlor4 comments

Christie Burns wrote 11 months ago: It’s been a while since I’ve posted a good old fashioned recorded-it-in-my-living-room k … more →

Tags: Hammered Dulcimer, traditional music, improvisation, Banjo, unlikely ensembles, Chattanooga, Old time Music, Christie Burns, Matt Evans

Disabled Guitarist Finds New Sound In Mbira

Fan Boy wrote 11 months ago: For a musician, essential tremor disorder can be devastating. The disease affects fine motor coordin … more →

Tags: "All Things Considered", Music, People, richard crandell

Mbira lesson No. 2: Never call it a thumb piano.

thumbingthrough wrote 1 year ago: Thwinka … thwinka … thwinka, goes the ceiling fan overhead, its blades slicing the thick, tropical a … more →

Tags: Thumbs, Music, African musical instruments, Shona culture, Zimbabwe, Shona Music, karimba, Mbira Camp, shona

zimbabwe2 comments

theebonybed wrote 1 year ago: an mbira dzavadzimu last night i dreamed that i was standing outside in a crowd or a a line waiting … more →

Tags: Dreams, Kalimba, Playing Music

Mbira lesson No. 1: Begin

thumbingthrough wrote 1 year ago: Traveling all the way to California has brought together our spirits, says Ambuya Jenny Muchumi, Gra … more →

Tags: Thumbs, Shona culture, Zimbabwe, Shona Music, Jenny Muchumi

REVIEW: Richard Crandell @ Cozmic Pizza (Eugene, OR - - 9/13/08)

postymcposterton wrote 1 year ago: I had Richard Crandell’s Mbira Magic (Tzadik 2004) back when I lived in Ohio.  I had no idea t … more →

Tags: World Music, Jazz & Avant, Metal, Concert Photos, eugene, cozmic pizza, Concert Review, tzadik, World music

If your life had a soundtrack, it would be ...3 comments

thumbingthrough wrote 1 year ago: If you asked me when I was 14 about the soundtrack to my life, I would immediately conjure Friday ni … more →

Tags: Thumbs, soundtracks, Journey, angst rock


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