Music from Europe: Home Brewed Mbira (by Zuzana Novak)
world music from Yorkshire, England
"Home Brewed Mbira"
(2008, Indies Scope)
by Zuzana Novak
from Yorkshire, England
world music
in Shona
selected by 
Zuzana Novak, English perfomer of Czech descent, is likely the only white women who´s ever been introduced into the bira ritual of Shona tribe (groups of people in Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique). The most important thing in this ritual is mbira, a musical instrument consisting of a wooden board to which staggered metal keys have been attached. Zuzana Novak was so impressed by the mellow, babbling sound of mbira that she decided to take up playing it. As she is also an accomplished singer, her solo performances are truly incredible. During the last year she began touring Europe intensively, she made a breakthrough appearance at WOMAD and also visited her homeland. Album Home Brewed Mbira was recorded at a single concert in Náměšt nad Oslavou.
// Jan Kyncl
Release Info: August 6th, 2008
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