WATCH | SA musician Thandiswa Mazwai gives stunning NPR Tiny Desk performance
South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai gave a stunning performance during her NPR Tiny Desk appearance.
Mazwai performed five songs during her set with a live band consisting of percussion, guitars and keys. South African musician Thandiswa Mazwai gave a stunning performance during her NPR Tiny Desk appearance, which was uploaded on Monday.) with a live band. The group consisted of Lungile Maduna on drums, Sunnyboy Mthimunye on guitar, Tendai Ali Shoko on bass, Thabang Tabane on percussion and Xolani Thabethe on keys.
An NPR blurb showered praise on Mazwai, calling her one of the most influential musicians of post-apartheid South Africa. "For nearly 30 years, she has championed a kind of dance music called Kwaito. The South African genre mixes a variety of rhythms and influences, including hip hop, reggae, jazz and house music," read a description by NPR's Suraya Mohamed. She continued:
It was intimate, and the team at NPR were extremely generous. Thank you to globalFEST for hooking us up. The show was shot on a snowy day in DC this January. They usually ask that performances are kept to about 15-18mins. So we did about 5 songs, some of them shortened.in the Ghanian language Twi means to go back and fetch what's been left behind - what is important, what honours you, and what needs healing," Mazwai said in the release.
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