{"product_id":"bulayo-guitar-songs-from-tanzania-kenya-zambia-and-dr-congo-lp","title":"Bulayo - Guitar Songs From Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia and DR Congo LP","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eAfrican acoustic guitar masterpieces, expanding on Mississippi’s beloved “African Guitar Box.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIn 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 like Tanzania’s Francis Kitime and Kenya’s Mtonga Wanganangu.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eRegardless of status, John approached each artist humbly, as a student. He recorded in homes, village squares, and watering holes. The sessions are intimate and casual, the artists at ease. John’s tape deck picked up some of the continent’s greatest artists along with the sounds of laughter, children playing, and glasses clinking. Five decades on, these tapes offer a rare glimpse into how fingerstyle guitar was actually heard, outside the tense confines of commercial studios.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of these songs appeared on John Storm Roberts’ out-of print Original Music compilations (huge inspirations to Mississippi). Others have never been made publicly available. All have been expertly restored and remastered from the original  tapes by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAndrew Walter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Honest Jon’s, Abbey Road). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Low\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e provides notes and lyrics, and Tanzanian music scholar \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn Kitime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gives the musicians’ perspective. Licensed from John Low and the artists, pressed on high quality vinyl at Chicago’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmashed Plastic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mississippi Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50121371648167,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/7918\/8135\/files\/a4089950802_10.jpg?v=1779390511","url":"https:\/\/www.zumonline.com\/products\/bulayo-guitar-songs-from-tanzania-kenya-zambia-and-dr-congo-lp","provider":"Zum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}