It's Ndakuvara. 

Missed the chance to see him and a full dance troupe when they blew through town last year......Ndammit.

This cut has a terrifically percussed rhythmic content that is exceptional.  It's not the language, it's the harmonies, THEY kick butt.

Cheers,
JoelB

 Cynaera wrote: 
Ditto...ditto...ditto.

 Byronape wrote:
Just because it is not in English, doesn't necessarily mean it is good.  You would be more closed-minded to say you liked it only because you couldn't understand the words.

An honest, authentic opinion is never wrong.

 Aegean wrote: 
Well, what do you know?  This could have been written by cattlemen in rural Texas!  Tuku is right: be aware of the blessings that have come your way.

 Aegean wrote:My wife used to teach in Uganda, and was married to an African for a number of years.  She's hugely into African music, and I know this song from her.  But I can relate to the guy who has a problem getting into music who's lyrics he can't understand.  Looking up the meaning of the lyrics isn't quite the same.  I can't associate the poetry of the guy with the emotions in his music and vocal modulations as I don't understand what's being sung as it is being sung.  This intrinsically reduces the enjoyment I experience listening to a piece of music with vocals.  It's not quite as bad as when a song has lyrics I find stupid and/or reprehensible (ziggy marley's ode to solipsism, which gets a good bit of play here on RP is an example of this), but it does reduce the degree of pleasure I can get from the music.

On the other hand African music in particular has a range and complexity that is nearly impossible to find in western popular music, and a hugely different underlying structure.  These things make the music worth the effort of listening to.

Interestingly, my wife informs me that many popular African artists release two versions of their music:  an African release, and a western release.  The western versions are simplified to be more musically digestible by western audiences and their more limited pallete.  My ear is not trained to the point where I could tell you if this is the western or african version of the song, or indeed if there are two versions of this album or not. 

I hate to sound like a closed minded American here, but I have hard time getting into the world music stuff.  I don't really know what it is, I don't think it's the language barrier, I can barely understand people like Thom Yorke already anyway. 

 cousinkill wrote: 
Sounds like "ribbit, ribbit" to me.

For a couple seconds, I thought it was going to be Men At Work!— Pretty cool tune, someone mentioned the "didit, didit!"?

This is a really cool song!  (I can't wait to hear how Bill pronounces the name...)  It makes me crank up the music and dance...

 jedley wrote: 

Ummmmmmmmm.......no

 4merdj wrote: 

Huh, huh, huh, huh....you said undulating. Yes, great song!

Nice undulating rhythm ... Me likee!!! 

if the bongos were replaced by a drum kit this would be a Duran Duran song

Like this style!!!

Thank you RP for introducing me to Oliver way back when.

Would really like to hear that cover, Bill.  BTW, just returned from ROTR 2009 .... another excellent festival!!

 aqualight wrote: 

Thanks Bill. I'd have to try really hard to find this on FM.

when listening/// like in somewhere far from.my place...... at sunny hot Africa...

all the best to the coolest place on the continent!

I saw him do a Bonnie Raitt cover at a Reggae On The River. Great stuff.

 horstman wrote: 

You and George Costanza.

 Gartholamundi wrote: 

Absolutely, totally agree. I have a very nice World Music playlist on my iPod of songs and artists I was introduced to via RP.

jameyp wrote:
totally excellent, and i completely agree. whoop! whoop!

THIS IS GREAT!  I love it when RP mixes in world music— yay Bill!

thank you

I love this guy's music.

See him/them live.  Lots of positive energy, good performance