Shanda

Product Description
"Shanda" is an optimistic story from Zimbabwe celebrating African social and cultural values. Oliver Mtukudzi, Tuku to his fans, is one of Zimbabwe's most popular musicians.

Recorded live in Zimbabwe's township clubs and beer halls, these songs were handpicked by Oliver Mtukudzi to represent his twenty-year career.

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Shanda
Average customer rating:

Lively Collection

A Wonderful Discovery!

An intimate set of performances recorded live

Shanda
Oliver Mtukudzi
Manufacturer: Alula
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Africa | International | Styles | Music
Zimbabwe | Africa | International | Styles | Music
General | International | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0002IQN7O
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Shanda
Mutavara
Zimbabwe
Gudo Guru
Bvongodza Muto
Zvauya Sei?
Strange, Isn't It?
Jeri
Ndakuyambira
Hear Me Lord

Album Description

"Shanda" is an optimistic story from Zimbabwe celebrating African social and cultural values. Oliver Mtukudzi, Tuku to his fans, is one of Zimbabwe's most popular musicians.

Recorded live in Zimbabwe's township clubs and beer halls, these songs were handpicked by Oliver Mtukudzi to represent his twenty-year career.

Customer Reviews:

Lively Collection.......2007-01-23

This is a delightful collection of (seemingly) recent live recordings spanning several decades of Mtukudzi's career. His sound is instantly recognizable as Zimbabwean, as his vocal style and playing is based firmly on the traditional Shona Mbira sound (simple thumb piano). Often it's the guitar taking the mbira part, playing out long meandering repetitious tunes with the vocals dronning over the top. The songs easily fall into a timeless groove and play long but never tiresome.

The sound may be grounded in the traditional, but the songs are enlivened with electronic arrangements and reggae/pop sensibility. The result is an enjoyable, light, uplifting message of love and hope. Zimbabwe seems an unlike source of such joy....and this makes me appreciate it all the more.

A Wonderful Discovery!.......2005-04-26

In the "World Music" section of a local store, I put on a pair of headphones and randomly chose a disk. What a wonderful surprise! This is the first CD of African music I have ever purchased. The beat is wonderful, the tunes are upbeat and interesting, and I listen to this once a day because it makes me feel good. Even if you've never heard of Mtukudzi, I strongly urge you to check out his music. It can't be easily classified, but as they say in the art world, "I know what I like," and this is it.

An intimate set of performances recorded live.......2004-08-30

From the opening strains of the beautiful piano to Oliver Mtuzkudzi's gorgeous vocals, SHANDA draws in listeners with an intimate set of performances recorded live in Zimbabwe's township clubs and beer halls.
Expect not a collection of new delights: this is a hand-picked retrospective covering the best of Tuku's 20+ career, and it also includes date introductions to help listeners absorb the progress of his sound.

Average customer rating:

Dancin N Romancin

Manufacturer: Applause International
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CAGPO8
Release Date: 2004-07-13

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Shanda
Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi
Manufacturer: Alula
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Africa | International | Styles | Music

Zimbabwe | Africa | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0002IQN8I
Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

Shanda
Mutavara
Zimbabwe
Gudo Guru
Bvongodza Muto
Zvauya Sei?
Strange, Isn't It?
Jeri
Ndakuyambira
Hear Me Lord

Average customer rating:

Shanda

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

International | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000083O3N
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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Ready To Rock
Please someone help this person!

Good to Go
Shanda Brash
Manufacturer: Rio Star Ent.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000009OIU
Release Date: 1998-07-28

Tracks:

Lust
Anytime
Sticky Fingers
Alone
Good To Go
Don't Give A Damn
Ms. Jones
Lost And Found
Believe
Takes One To Know One
Gonna Be Me

Customer Reviews:

Ready To Rock.......2006-03-05

This grassroots, low-mid budget produced recording seems two dimensional on a first listening. Like a first martini this CD's offerings don't quite jive, but hold the promise of future amazement. Pop, rock, blues are intertwined, held together by Shanda's young, but edgy voice. The lyrics are often raw, bad- bad teen rantings. Could these songs be a soundtrack to an erotic movie? If this is so, then I'd like to check it out! ADVICE: listen to this CD more than once. There are some uncut gems in it. QUESTION: Where is Shanda Brash now?

Please someone help this person!.......2005-05-23

Shanda's voice isn't too bad, It's slightly better than this album which stinks something awful. Every single song sounds exactly like the one before it. Singer & Songwriter need practice, but I don't like to pay my money for someone else's practice runs.

SO... if the singer and writer's family are reading this,
leave now.

This CD is just really, really bad.

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Shanda
Oliver Mtukudzi
Manufacturer: Sheer Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000075A3C
Release Date: 2002-11-19

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