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Ndega Zvangu [Import]

~ Oliver Mutukudzi
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (19 Oct 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Sheer Sound
  • ASIN: B00000DDAH
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 402,521 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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The soul does drip on this unique CD from Zimbabwe's Oliver Mutukudzi. With more than 30 Gold records, Tuku, as he is affectionately known, is one of the finest, most uplifting musicians from Southern Africa. This latest release is unique because Mutukudzi has lost three band members to AIDS, and the songs on the album were originally written for his band to perform. Rather than record with a new band, Mutukudzi chose to do it on his own. The result is Ndega Zvangu (All Alone). It's a stripped down CD, no big band, no characteristic dance tunes, mostly Mutukudzi's gruff voice with his acoustic guitar, performing plaintive trance-inducing melodies. The songs are often about social issues, respecting elders, marriage, and Black identity. In "Andinzwi," sung not in Shona but English, Oliver Mutukudzi tries to understand the nature of a hero. The song is dedicated to the late Safirio Madzikatire, one of Zimbabwe's great comedians. Mutukudzi asks, "What is a hero? Do you have to die to be a hero? Here?" --Bob Boilen

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5.0 out of 5 stars Acoustic magic from Oliver Mutukudzi, 11 April 2002
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I bought this album as a newcomer to Oliver Mutukudzi's music, after hearing the first few bars of the title track. They made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up then, and they still do now.

According to the sleeve notes, "Ndega Zvangu" means "All Alone" and Mutukudzi is all alone, apart from his acoustic guitar, throughout. This gives a sound completely different from the faster, more percussion-based Zimbabwean music I'd heard before.

Instead, the sound is stripped-down, sometimes melancholy, but always beautiful. The CD doesn't suffer from over-polished production, which makes it feel as though Mutukudzi is right there in the room with you.

Luckily, his voice is stunning - really soulful- and he's a brilliant musician, so the music doesn't need complicated arrangements to succeed.

All in all, it's a quietly stunning album, and one I would definitely recommend.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy this CD now!!!! Then sit back and listen to class!!!, 9 Jun 2003
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This review is from: Ndega Zvangu (Audio CD)
If you like a soft accoustic sound then this is the CD for you. I have listened to this artist on many occasions and he is, as ever, at his best here, as on stage when he is alone with a guitar. Ndega Zvangu is Tuku telling it like it is. Neria will tug at your heartstrings as a brother tells his sister not to despair when she has lost her husband. Handiende by Steve Makoni is covered brilliantly here by Oliver Mtukudzi and is the tale of a wife telling her husbamd that he can't send her away so that his 'mistress' can come and live with him because she isn't going. It is a topical CD from the master and is as relevant in any developed country as it is in Tuku's homeland of Zimbabwe. One from the master!!!Buy this CD now!!!
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