Mike Nyoni & Born Free - My Own Thing

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: NA5279LP
Barcode: 0659457527976
Release Date: 05 Jul 2024
Genre: Funk

Anthology of Zamrock musician Mike Nyoni’s funky, psych-rock and folkloric 1970s recordings Zambian guitarist and singer/songwriter Mike Nyoni’s music is Zamrock only because he came of age during the country’s rock revolution. He preferred wah-wah to fuzz guitar, James Brown to Jimi Hendrix. His 70s recordings - often politically charged, and ranging from despondent to exuberant - are amongst the funkiest on the African continent. He was also one of the only Zamrock musicians to see his music contemporaneously issued in Europe. This anthology collates works from his three 70s LPs - his first, with the Born Free band, and his two solo albums Kawalala and I Can’t Understand You - and presents a singular Zambian musician on par with celebrated artists Rikki Ililonga, Keith Mlevhu and Paul Ngozi.

A-SIDE: Born Free - My Own Thing. A1. I Don’t Know A2. Come Back To Me A3. My Dear Girl A4. Messed Day A5. Mad Man A6. Mwana B-SIDE: Mike Nyoni - My Own Thing. B1. S.M. B2. My Own Thing (Nyoni’s Thing) B3. Coming Home B4. It’s Only A Dream B5. Soweto

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