Born johannes mashiyane in mamelodi, spokes became a name. Wikiproject biography musicians rated startclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize wikipedia s articles. Mashiyane pretty much made the pennywhistle a popular sound, and few people could match him for the expressiveness he brought to such a seemingly limited instrument. Stream and listen zip album spokes h rafifi zip download 320kbps datafilehost fakaza descarger torrent cdq itunes album below. For an allinstrumental album highlighting a fairly oddball sound, this disc is far more captivating than one might imagine. Skylarks in march 1959 and features spokes mashiyane on the pennywhistle.
South african artist, born johannes spokes mashiyane in vlakfontein, near pretoria, on 20 january 1933, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest penny whistle artists of all time. Listen to the last sixpence from spokes mashiyanes jazz offerings from south africa for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Allow ads on allmusic by whitelisting this site or disabling your ad blocker. Free waptrick south africa traditional music mp3 download.
It is accredited to the south african playwright gibson kente. In the four years that followed he would remain one of the most famous and prolific proponents of this musical style. Spokes mashiyane spokes of africa 1959, vinyl discogs. Click download file button or copy spokes url which shown in textarea when you clicked file title, and paste it into your browsers address bar. Spokes mashiyane new songs download spokes mashiyane mp3 songs list and latest albums, songs download, all best songs of spokes mashiyane to your hungama account. City hall special by spokes mashiyane on amazon music.
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Stream and listen spokes mashiyane jika spokes from their grand masters collection. This 1990 lp contains the same music as a later cd from from sterns called king kwela. High quality spokes mashiyane music downloads from 7digital united kingdom. There are four main themes that spokes varies and elaborates upon these are transcribed below. In 1958, mashiyane recorded big joe special in which he switched out his pennywhistle for the saxophone. Stream ad free with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Spokes mashiyane, is credited as having popularized kwela or pennywhistle jive with his recordings ace blues and kwela spokes in 1954. Their earliest success came in 1954 when their singles, ace blues and kwela spokes, reached the top position on south africas music chart. Sound offerings from south africa album download mp3 320kbps descarger torrent fakaza datafilehost cdq itunes song below stream and download below.
Ive heard that spokes is a tsotsitaal nickname for someone that uses a sharpened spoke as a lethal weapon, like the character butcher did in the film tsotsi. When he moved to johannesburg he got a pennywhistle and started to play his music on the. While spokes was a star, there were many others who played the tin whistle. Kwela aka pennywhistle kwela music genres rate your. May 28, 2008 abdullah ibrahim is undoubtedly the towering figure in south african music, a man who brought together all its traditions with a deeply felt understanding of american jazz, from the orchestral richness of duke ellingtons compositions for big band to the groundbreaking innovations of ornette coleman and the 1960s avantgarde.
Check out the new songs of kippie moeketsi and albums. The south african legend died of cirrhosis of the liver on february 9th, 1972 at baragwanath hospital in soweto. Spokes mashiyane is a legendary penny whistle player in south africa and one of the primary exponents of kwela. Check out king kwela by spokes mashiyane on amazon music. Waptrick south africa traditional music free mp3 download. Spokes mashiyane, king of kwela penny whistle jive from johannesburg, 19589 1.
I originally got hold of this track on the rough guide to the music of south africa, and you can too although i think it was an earlier version and the tracks have changed now. Listen to your favorite songs from chobolo by spokes mashiyane now. Free download of spokes mashiyane jika spokes in high quality mp3. Mamlambo kallas special single 2019 dont be mad daisys blues single 2019 bennies 2nd avenue twist banana ba rustengurg single. Stream and listen zip album various artists african songbook, vol. In the 1950s spokes mashiyane and lemmy special mabaso were wellknown kwela flute and saxophone players, and the style spread to what are now zimbabwe, zambia, and malawi. The rest of the brihadeeswarar temple grounds were filled with smaller shrines meant for the other bihadeeswarar deities. King kwela cd available via the kwela project store as a digital download. Kwela spokes spokes mashiyane to stream in hifi, or to download in true cd quality on. This genre received quite a bit of international fame in the 1950s, with various musicians adapting the music to western standards. Spokes mashiyane phatha phatha take charge, 1960s youtube. Jun 19, 2008 dolos is a catchy tune by spokes mashiyane that is the seventh track on king kwela cd available via the kwela project store as a digital download. The kwela repertoire came to include north american swing music, standard from the 1950s on.
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