Uganda music reviews
Music reviews for "Uganda" sorted by average review score:

Olugendo
Released in Audio CD by Womad Select (19 October, 1999)
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Artist: Bernard Kabanda
Tracks:
- Abakazi Be Kibuga/Crazy City Woman
- Ettaala Ya Bbulu/The Blue Light
- Olugendo Lw'e Bulaya (The Journey to Europe)
- Kasennyanku/The Firewood Collector [an insect]
- Nanankya
- Olutalo Lw'e Kakingq / The Battle at Kakinga
- Tugendeyo/Let's Go There
- Katuzinywe/Let's Drink Together
- Enfa Ya Taata/My Father's Death
Bernard Kabanda plays kadongo kamu, a popular Ugandan musical style (although not much known in the West), and it's quite a delight. Mixing the guitar picking of Kenya with the laid-back palm-wine song style, the music is propelled by lightly percolating rhythms, either on the guitar, or added by Samuel Bakkabalindi on shaker. Between two voices, a guitar, and a seed-filled gourd, Kabanda and Bakkabalindi manage to create something wonderful. Kabanda can be both compassionate and funny in his songs, with the kind of warm voice that just lures you in, while his playing keeps you spellbound. There's nothing elaborate here (indeed, kadongo kamu translates as "just a small guitar"), but it's perfect proof that it's people who make glorious music, not technology. --Chris Nickson
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Irresistible!I wish I understood the words, because I'm sure Bernard Kabanda must be singing something wonderful. He has a strong, clear, flexible voice and he could certainly settle for merely creating pleasant, decorative music. Instead he sings very expressively, as if he were a good friend telling you his latest news, and letting you know just how he feels about it.

Ngoma: Music from Uganda
Released in Audio CD by Music of the World (22 April, 1997)
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Artist: Various Artists
Tracks:
- Larakaraka
- Akogo
- Baksimba Dance
- Adungu
- Mbaire
- Mpuliraita
- Ejok Aulia Da
- Termite Collection
- Enanga Dance
- Dingidingi
- Enanga
- Nyinimuno Mwali
- Ntogoro
- Amagunjju

Pearl of Africa Reborn
Released in Audio CD by Shanachie (22 June, 1992)
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Artist: Samite of Uganda
Tracks:
- Munomuno
- Nakku
- Muzinge
- Ekitobero
- The Pearl
- Munamateka
- Kasambajiro
- Musajawatu
- Wagongolo
- Ntunze
Samite of Uganda resides in the United States now, so his frequently autobiographical music tends to romanticize his homeland, the titular "pearl of Africa," as well as his mother, to whom this album is dedicated. Accompanying himself with rolling, repetitious figures on a variety of kalimbas (thumb pianos), Samite sings in a dry tenor voice about his mother's cooking, her storytelling, the introduction of the English language to Uganda, bicycles, and fear (in one song, a boy learns that "it takes more than hair on the chest to be a man"). The ensemble of African and American musicians that joins him also supports a small handful of mellow instrumentals which he leads on wood flute. --Richard Gehr

Secular Music from Uganda
Released in Audio CD by Sharp Wood Records (14 October, 2003)
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Artist: Various Artists
Tracks:
- Warumbirigwe - Soga
- Lwakuba Abataka - Soga
- Abakazi Okunzanhda - Soga
- Kate Kalume - Soga
- Omukungu Nakanyagwe - Nyoro
- Rwakyesiga Ensolima - Nyoro
- Kyenda Ali Mugenyi - Nyoro
- Ayahangiri Abakozi - Nyoro
- Kawairanga - Nyoro
- Kawamyita Wagenda - Toro
- Losungu Bakali - Toro
- Kukoikya - Toro
- Okachi - Dhola
- Tich Mabere - Dhola
- Eoudi Odekayi Etwani - Teso
- Elosi Aberu Akipore Imaniti Abiro - Teso
- Two Nyamulera Dances - Konjo
- Akasozi Mwiri - Soga
- Obusala Bwe Nawanende - Soga
- Mulimo Omutanda - Soga
- Two Ndere Tunes - Soga
- Two Ndere & Drum Tunes - Soga
- Kiriyo - Soga
- Mere - Soga
- Amagombe Galindya - Soga
- Omukyalo Nga Bamugeya - Soga
- Nak'umiza Umukhana Aloba - Gisu
- Mujenje - Gisu

Spirit
Released in Audio CD by Sony International (14 November, 2000)
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Artist: Geoffrey Oryema
Tracks:
- Rwot Obwolo Wan
- Spirits of My Father
- Listening Wind
- Mara
- Omera John
- Save Me
- No Ballads Ballad
- See Me Lakayana
- Magical Stone
- I Struck the Wall
- John Mon Frere
- Lapin au Sesame

Traditional Songs & Dances from Africa
Released in Audio CD by ARC (07 October, 1997)
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Artist: Adzido
Tracks:
- Ivory Coast: Tematei/Zaouli
- Mozambique: Sembe
- Botswana: Setapa
- Zambia: Ndendeule
- Ghana: Bawa
- Togo: Atsia
- Tanzania: Ngoni
- Uganda: Bakisimba/Nankasa
- Zimbabwe: Tongoyo
- Malawi: Gule Wamkulu Mask Dance
- Nigeria: Sekiapu
- Kenya: Isikuti

Traditional Songs & Dances from Africa
Released in Audio CD by ARC (07 October, 1997)
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Artist: Adzido
Tracks:
- Ivory Coast: Tematei/Zaouli
- Mozambique: Sembe
- Botswana: Setapa
- Zambia: Ndendeule
- Ghana: Bawa
- Togo: Atsia
- Tanzania: Ngoni
- Uganda: Bakisimba/Nankasa
- Zimbabwe: Tongoyo
- Malawi: Gule Wamkulu Mask Dance
- Nigeria: Sekiapu
- Kenya: Isikuti

Tugenda Mu Afrigo
Released in Audio CD by A.C.P. Records (01 October, 1996)
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Artist: The Afrigo Band
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Uganda
Released in Audio CD by Gallo (19 August, 1997)
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Artist: Village Ensembles Of Busoga
Tracks:
- Otabona Bukaire Nanvu
- Mboine Kirabu
- Osete Tainyuma
- Mperekera Omugeni Owomulembe
- Waiswa Mpola, Mpola
- Dindu/Mwena Mwena Mudhuge Lero
- Babalema
- Agabaale
- Piririya
- Olumbe Lw'amaani
- Okusamira (Excerpt)
- Mary Yange Guma Omwoyo
- Baliraine

Uganda & Other African Nations: Feasts of the Savanna
Released in Audio CD by Music Earth / Multic (27 May, 1997)
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Artist: Various Artists
Tracks:
- Sock Selue
- Yentchable
- Initiation Dance
- Kbuse (Observance at the Royal Palace)
- Nje (Death Celebration)
- Ceremonial Drums
- Traditional Doctor's Cure
- Drum Session
- Sansa (Trickster's Song)
- Dingidi Song
- Jopadhola Madina
- Enanga (Zither)
- Sansa
- Werga
- Children's Song
- Dogon Children's Flute
- Dogon Harp
- Narrative With Kora Accompaniment