Oliver Mtukudzi - Tuku Music
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Artist: Oliver MtukudziEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-07-13
Music Label: Putumayo World Music
Soundtracks:
- Dzoka Uyamwe
- Tsika Dzedu
- Mai Varamba
- Ndima Ndapedza
- Tapindwa Nei
- Todii
- Mabasa
- Rirongere
- Wake Up
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Free Music Review: Zimbabwe Blues
Hit: 5 Stars
In my college days,I had an acquaintance from New Orleans who prided himself on his vast Otis Redding collection.In the meantime,I discovered Oliver Mtukudzi,Zimbabwe's Otis Redding.Bonnie Raitt rightly equates liking him with liking chocolate in her intro to this CD--people don't know exactly why.
This CD is filled with powerful songs.It's great to be able to read the lyrics if you're interested.The music is still enchanting&bluesy without knowing what the words are.
Oliver Mtukudzi's singing is earthy,rough,yet comforting.His backup singers are almost a gospel choir.I'm not a big fan of the blues,yet if this counts as blues music,then I'm a fan.This album is PERFECT.I can't name a single track worth skipping."Tuku Music" is a wonderful intro to Oliver Mtukudzi's spectacular music.
Tuku Music Poster
While Oliver Mtukudzi--also know as Tuku--has always been revered in his home of Zimbabwe, he has been overshadowed in the American "world music" scene by revolutionary poet Thomas Mapfumo and the pop-party Bhundu Boys. His music is more romantic and bluesy than Mapfumo's, focusing on the grit of life rather than the broader cosmology. He's Ray Charles and Otis Redding to Mapfumo's Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. His voice is gruff but sweet; it implores rather than demands. The music that he creates to carry a song is often light as air, creating a beautiful tension between content and container. Mtukudzi's music has appeared on many compilations over the years, but this is the first full album of Tuku's music to be released in the U.S. It's a gem, with its shimmering guitars; its gentle, insistent bass lines; and a voice that will charm and challenge the listener. --Louis GibsonInternational Music CDs
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