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Amazones - Women Master Drummers

Ana Moura

Andy Narell

Belle du Berry

Cedric Watson

Claudia Calderón

Culture Musical Club of Zanzibar

Dia de los Muertos

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Feufollet

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Helder Moutinho

Hermeto Pascoal

Huun Huur Tu

I Muvrini

Inti-Illimani

Kepa Junkera

La Fanfare du Belgistan

Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares

Les Yeux Noirs

Mamadou Diabate

Maria del Mar Bonet

Paris Combo

Quetzal

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Salif Keita

Son de Madera

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Vagabond Opera

Vieux Farka Toure

Virginia Rodrigues



GHORWANE:

In the hot and dusty Gaza province of Mozambique there is a small lake called Ghorwane that never runs dry, even in the hottest season. In 1983, a group of young musicians in Maputo, took the name Ghorwane as they launched their musical career. Today they are one of Mozambique’s most respected bands. Ghorwane chose to base their music on traditional Mozambican rhythms, combined with Afropop and fusion. At the time when most established groups earned a living by imitating foreign artists, this approach came as a stimulating innovation. The injection of life they have shot into the stagnant music scene, and their subsequent success, have inspired other bands to take a similar route.

The band is noted for the political and social criticism in their songs which has put them at loggerheads with the government from time to time. They have mirrored the frustration of their people at the continuing war that was grinding deeper into despair day after day, year after year. The lyrics are sung in African languages of Mozambique, like Changana, Ronga and Chope. The security services often attended their shows with instructions to listen closely to their lyrics. What saved them was that, in 1985 during the festival to celebrate the ten years of independence, Samora Machel (then President of Mozambique) declared that “It’s prohibited to lie in the People’s Republic of Mozambique” and cites Ghorwane as an example calling them “bons rapazes” - good guys - which they are called until today by the Mozambican people.

ADDITIONAL BIOS:

Ghorwane.com, Ghorwane 2006 Bio  01/25/06
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