Mashombe Blue Jeans

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Mashombe Blue Jeans
Origin Livingstone, Zambia
Genres Kalindula
Years active2000 - Present

Mashombe Blue Jeans is one of a number of kalindula ensembles from the Southern Province of Zambia. Like other kalindula groups, they sing and play a style of Zambian music that blends traditional with modern musical materials.

Kalindula is a kind of bass guitar which gives its name to a style of popular music in southern-central Africa. It originated in the late 20th century and is popular in Zambia and is also found in Malawi and Zimbabwe. Some people claim it originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo but this cannot be fully supported by the evidence. It combines features of 20th century popular music with rhythmic and metric elements.

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Their reputation has received a considerable boost from their association with the Tonga Music Festival [1] sponsored by Chikuni Radio Station and they have released a number of cassettes as a result of their collaboration with the station. [2] Like other popular Zambian groups, Mashombe Blue Jeans has also made appearances at the Ngoma Music Awards, Zambia's main music award ceremony. [3]

The Livingstone-based group has received news coverage in almost all Zambia's national newspapers and even received mention in the National Assembly of Zambia in 2004. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Tonga Music Festival (2003). Retrieved 15 May 2007. [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Kalaluka, Mwala (2007). "Mashombe: South music power-house". [ permanent dead link ] Zambian Post (Thursday, January 11, 2007).
  3. ↑ "Drum Roll of Honour: The Ngoma Awards Ceremony". Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Beauty Zambia. Issue: m105 (n.d.)
  4. ↑ Daily Parliamentary Debates for the Third Session of the Ninth Assembly of the Zambian Parliament. Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (Wednesday, 24 November 2004).


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