Malawi Mouse Boys

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Malawi Mouse Boys
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Malawi Mouse Boys at WOMADelaide in 2015
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Origin Malawi

Malawi Mouse Boys are a Malawian band. They have released four albums, and performed internationally in Europe, Australia, and the United States. [1]

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History

Malawi Mouse Boys are named for their work while not making music, which is selling the Malawian delicacy of skewered mouse. [2] Ian Brennan came across the band in 2011, and produced their first album He is #1, released in 2012. [1] Several of the songs on the album are about Jesus Christ. [2] It was the first album sung in Chichewa to be released outside of Malawi. [1] Writing for BBC Music, David Katz described the album as "rough around the edges, which keeps everything a bit more real." [3] The Times compared the album to the music of the Blind Boys of Alabama, and praised the vocals of Zondiwe Kachingwe. [4] In the New York Times , Jon Pareles wrote that "The guitars don't stay in tune, but the voices do. They're remarkably steady and resolute". [5]

In 2013 Malawi Mouse Boys played at WOMAD. [6] Their second album Dirt is Good was released in 2014, and Songlines described it as "Afro-reggae gospel, bare-boned and scrappy". [7]

Malawi Mouse Boys' third album Forever is 4 You was released in 2016, and was less well-received than its predecessors. Songlines wrote that "the general delivery is rickety in the extreme". [8] Brennan described the sound as "more experimental" than their previous albums. [1]

Albums

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Conor Gaffey (8 April 2016), "Malawi Mouse Boys: Making a Noise in the World's Poorest Country", Newsweek , retrieved 30 July 2025
  2. 1 2 Nigel Williamson, "Malawi Mouse Boys – He is #1" , Songlines , no. 85 (July 2012), p. 69, ISSN   1464-8113 , retrieved 22 July 2025
  3. ↑ David Katz (2012), "Malawi Mouse Boys He Is #1 Review", BBC Music , retrieved 22 July 2025
  4. ↑ "Malawi Mouse Boys: He is #1" , The Times , 2 June 2012, retrieved 30 July 2025
  5. ↑ Jon Pareles (23 September 2012), "From Calexico to the Malawi Mouse Boys" , New York Times , retrieved 30 July 2025
  6. ↑ Robin Deneslow (20 March 2014), "Malawi Mouse Boys: Dirt Is Good review – rodent-kebab vendors turn gospel charmers", The Guardian , retrieved 22 July 2025
  7. ↑ Martin Longley, "Malawi Mouse Boys – Dirt is Good" , Songlines , no. 99 (April/May 2014), p. 59, ISSN   1464-8113 , retrieved 22 July 2025
  8. ↑ Martin Longley, "Malawi Mouse Boys – Forever is 4 You" , Songlines , no. 117 (May 2016), p. 47, ISSN   1464-8113 , retrieved 22 July 2025
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