V/A - Bulayo - Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and DR Congo LP Ska XAN AIRD on guitar

XAN AIRD on guitar

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while the songs themselves speak with a raw intimacy that can be shocking to hear

By constantly renewing his instrumentarium over the years

V/A - Bulayo - Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and DR Congo LP Ska XAN AIRD on guitarAfrican acoustic guitar masterpieces, expanding on Mississippis beloved African Guitar Box. In 1979 and 1980, a young British Kenyan musician named John Low hit the road to learn finger style guitar from his heroes. He traveled across Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, and Zambia, visiting, and sometimes staying in the homes of, stars like Jean Bosco Mwenda, Losta Abelo, and Emmanuel Mulemena. He also documented brilliant but previously under recorded artists