#stimela

[saddayfordemocracy]

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) 

He was a South African Trumpeter, Flugelhornist, Cornetist, Composer and Singer. 

He has been described as "The Father of South African Jazz."

Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".

Hugh Masekela - Stimela

[wapwani]

Been listening to the sounds of my childhood tonight.

RIP Bra Hugh.

[protoslacker]

I was informed today by a friend in South Africa that Ray Phiri had passed away. He was a beautiful, masterful guitarist and an inventive musician. He will be remembered as a patriot who used his music to fight apartheid and brought that message to the world. His contribution to Graceland was immense and I am grateful and honored to have worked with him.

Paul Simon, July 12, 10:31 AM. RAY PHIRI 1947-2017

Remembering Ray Phiri, South African musician 1947 – 2017

Paul Comacho wrote a great primer about Paul Simon’s Graceland album, The Rich History (and Controversy) of Paul Simon’s “Graceland”.  Comacho writes  how Simon made an emotional connection to a bootleg cassette tape of South African music a friend had given him. 

It’s unlikely the South African  musicians who met Simon in Johannesburg's Ovation Studios knew that Paul Simon had a reputation for being difficult to work with. But they undoubtedly understood the decision to work with Simon was fraught. 

Life’s compex. The same year “Graceland” was released, Stimela--Original Stimela:Ray Phiri, lead guitar, lead vocals Isaac "Mnca" Mtshali, drummer Thabo Lloyd Lelosa, keyboards Jabu Sibumbe - bass guitar Nana Coyote - lead vocals Thapelo Kgomo - keyboards Charlie Ndlovu - organ Ntokozo Zungu - lead guitar--released an album, “Look, Listen and Decide.” One of the tracks, “Whispers in the Deep” has the Phiri penned lyric:

 “We’re all tributaries of this great river of pain/ Flowing into one ocean/ There’s only one motion/ All our pains flow into it/ But it did spill over/ Spill over the waters of love/ Into a great nation of love/ Before we recognise that all the oceans are one.”

Phiri sang his joy, his great artistry was to encourage all of us to know the value in speaking our stories.  Ray Phiri  was a leading light.

[slimmesttv-blog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTzzZAfr1W8

[lesthaaccurate]

(Sonar Kollektiv)

[cactustreesmotel-moved]

[protoslacker]

Stimela - Phinda Mzala (Whispers In The Deep) [Live]

Stimela

We are all tributaries of that great river of pain We are all tributaries of that great river of pain Flowing into one ocean There is only one ocean All our pain flowing into it But it did spill over, spill over the wonders of love Into one nation of love Before we recognise that all the oceans All the oceans are one

[nirvanas-xanadu]

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