Isicathamiya

Amaryoni is probably the most influential Mbube group nowadays in South Africa. Again, they sing Isicathamiya. You might remember that theirs was my favorite cover of The Lion Sleeps Tonight:

What makes their music sound so different from Joseph Shabalala’s is that they mix isicathamiya sounds with Gospel and township styles.
Township music? [...]

South African Zulu music

You may be thinking “weird…” or “WTF?” or, for those of you living in Spain, “Qué friqui!”. But you have surely heard this, which is a cover of a Zulu song: WATCH NOW. (Yeah… Either YouTube or WordPress was messing with me and wouldn’t allow me to embed the video so you’ll have to bear [...]