
Title: Heartbeat Of Africa - Series 2: African Folk Music
Label: Sapra Studio
Country: Kenya
Style: African
Rating: 4.6/5
Format: MP3, FLAC, WMA
FLAC size: 2229 mb | MP3 size: 1383 mb | WMA size: 1087 mb
1 | –Kikuyu | Song (After Harvesting) |
2 | –Kuria | Kuria Elder (Northern Tanzania) |
3 | –Abaluyia | Song (Hummed) |
4 | –Masai | Masai Youths (Cattle Song) |
5 | –Akamba | Akamba (South-Eastern Kenya) |
6 | –Tiriki | Cattle Song (Western Kenya) |
7 | –Unknown Artist | Conch-Shell Horn (Coast Kenya) |
8 | –Luo | Luo Troubadour |
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
none | Unknown Artist | Heartbeat Of Africa - Series 2: African Folk Music (7") | Sapra Studio | none | Kenya | Unknown |
none | Various | Heartbeat Of Africa - Series 2: African Folk Music (7") | Sapra Studio | none | Kenya | Unknown |
none | Various | Heartbeat Of Africa - Series 2: African Folk Music (7", EP) | Sapra Studio | none | Kenya | 1972 |
Front Sleeve: "Descriptive Brochure in French, German and Italian INSIDE"
Published by Sapra Studio, Nairobi, Kenya.
Track A1; Akamba, of Kenya, sing the "ng`etha" and stomp out the strong rhythm of a traditional dance.
Track A2; Abaluyia Group, with one-stringed fiddle, and a song hummed at night.
Track A3; Kikuyu people, a song in praise of their leaders, sung by the woman after harvesting.
Track A4; Conch-shell horn played in this strange style can be heard at the Kenya coast.
Track B1; Luo Troubadour, sings to his "Nyatiti" harp accompaniment.
Track B2; Masai youths, sing as they tend their cattle.
Track B3; Kuria elder, tells the district news over his single-stringed instrument.
Track B4; Tiriki musicians from western Kenya, sing wryly of their cattle in a sophisticated African rhythm.
(The Tiriki are one of sixteen tribes of the Luhya people.)
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 45-HSSCH-17-IT ƧIDE - I
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 45-HSSCH-18-IT ƧIDE - 2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched, variant 2): 559 45-HSSCH-17-IT AFRICAN FOLK MUSIC
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched, variant 2): 559 45-HSSCH-18-IT AFRICAN FOLK MUSIC
- Published By – Sapra Studio
- Printed By – Kenya Litho Ltd.