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Monoswezi / ShanuShanu quite simply means Five in the Shona language of Zimbabwe, home to the bands lead vocalist and mbira player Hope Masike. This, their fifth album, is undoubtedly their most adventurous to date, as it sees them incorporate a more electronic approach to their musical soundscape. Central to this is the use of the Mellotron by composer and multi instrumentalist Hallvard Godal, who wanted to harness its potential by adding more harmonies and colour to

whose heavily fuzzed guitar joins forces with the ngoni in a rip-roaring yet soulful performance

'To Ponemeno Stithos Mou' tells of a pain

'throbs with desert guitar tropes given a bluesy twist

Feel the fado running deep on this compilation

capoeira originally served not only as a form of self-defence

Indian slide guitarist Pandit (master) Debashish Bhattacharya's remarkable virtuosity is winning international critical acclaim

with both the Birmingham Jug Band’s ‘The Wild Cat Squawl’ and Curley Weaver & Clarence Moore’s ‘Wild Cat Kitten’ offering a more upbeat and light-hearted take on the blues

He worked as a taxi driver and began learning the guitar with the help of an English VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) teacher

Now based in Sweden

Desert Crossroads

the distinction meant little

Celebrate unity in cultural diversity with gypsy grooves

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