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Playlist - Sound_Medicine_03_19_12
| Song | Artist | Album |
| Kubi Ukungalaleli | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Induku Kethu (1990) |
| This group can be heard at its most direct and unadorned on this collection, with Joseph Shabalala leading the ensemble through some swooping vocal harmonies and the group's unique stop-and-start call-and-response sequences. | ||
| Black Is Beautiful | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Raise Your Spirit Higher [Wenyukela] |
| 2003 | ||
| Come and Go With Me | Crossroads Youth Choir | Township Music from South Africa |
| Township music is a genre of South African music that originated in the 20th century (c. the 1920s to the 1960s), and is characterized by its musicians, who were often urban township residents during the Apartheid period in South Africa. | ||
| Sibathathu | Malombo Jazz Makers | Next Stop Soweto Vol 3 |
| For the record, Malombo split in to 2 groups in 1966 - Philip Tabane & Gabriel \'Mabi\' Thobejane (who took over the percussion & drum duties from Julian Bahula), were known for a time as The Malombo Jazz Men, and Julian\'s Malombo became The Malombo Jazz Makers with Lucky Ranku (filling in for Philip) & Abe Cindi on Flute (Penny Whistle). | ||
| Hi Congo (For A Singer From Zimbabwe) | Philip Tabane And Malombo | Malombo |
| at the 1964 Castle Larger Jazz Festival Orlando, Soweto, The Malombo Jazz Men (Philip, Abe & Julian) first prize - against all odds & stiff American style big brass band Township competition. Not everybody in the remote Record or Radio controlled industries back in the 60\'s considered Malombo music cool - “too African…” Too streetwise. | ||
| Ngena Mntan'am | The Ministers | Next Stop Soweto Vol 3 |
| Next Stop Soweto Vol. 3 is the story of the music that survived in South Africa during this mid-‘60s to mid-‘80s era. | ||
| Joe's Jika | Dudu Pukwana & The Spears | Next Stop Soweto Vol 3 |
| This is important music, a defiant statement in the face of unimaginable cultural repression. | ||
| Oosoga | Christopher Columbus Feelings | Next Stop Soweto Vol 3 |
| Amagama Aphelile (Amaqhawe) | African Jazz Pioneers | Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival |
| After the easing of the cultural boycott in 1990, the African Jazz Pioneers were among the first to travel abroad, headlining jazz venues, festivals and concerts in Europe, Australia, Japan and Africa. | ||
| Flea Market | African Jazz Pioneers | Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival |
| NTEMI Edmund Piliso, leader and a founding member of the African Jazz Pioneers, nourished the group from their humble roots to their current international acclaim. | ||
| Sonia | Dudu Pukwana | In The Townships |
| Mtutuzel Dudu Pukwana (18 July 1938, in Walmer Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa – 30 June 1990) was a South African saxophonist, composer and pianist (although not known for his piano playing). | ||
| Nizophilangani | Cape Melodies | Township Music from South Africa |
| Township music is a genre of South African music that originated in the 20th century (c. the 1920s to the 1960s), and is characterized by its musicians, who were often urban township residents during the Apartheid period in South Africa. | ||
| Philisizwe | Lennox T and The Stepchildren | Township Music from South Africa |
| Mbaqanga was a style of music that derives its name from the Zulu word meaning traditional steamed maize bread. Mbaqanga was also the most widely distributed term for popular commercial African jazz in the 1950s and is also the musical progeny of the marabi and kwela styles of township music, mixed with some American jazz. | ||
| Didjeridoo | Alan Dargin | Township Music from South Africa |
| Township Jive | Afro-Stralia | Township Music from South Africa |
| Township Groove | Cape Jazz | Township Music from South Africa |
| Locked Up (Feat. Azad) | Akon | Trouble (2004) |
| Aliaune Damala Badara Thiam, better known as simply Akon ( /?e?k?n/), is a Senegalese American R&B recording artist, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and businessman.[1] He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of | ||
| Senegal | Akon | Trouble |
| He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts 'twice'. | ||
| Mama Africa | Akon | Konvicted (2006) |
| Soldier (feat. Akon) | Tiken Jah Fakoly & Akon | The African |
| Simbala | Smod | Ca Chante |
| SMOD is a Malian musical band established in 2000 made up originally of Sam, Mouzy, Ousco and Donsky. The name of the band is an acronym of their first names. Mouzy eventually left the band to pursue a solo career in France. Their music is a mix of rap, hip hop, folk and traditional music. Smod is also a common pet name given to a loved one. | ||
| Africa (feat. K Naan) | Amadou & Mariam | Welcome To Mali |
| Wavin Flag | K Naan (feat. Will.I.Am & David Guetta) | Best Of Black 10 (The Finest Black Music Of The Year) |
| Born in Somalia, K'naan spent his childhood in Mogadishu and lived there during the Somali Civil War, which began in 1991. His aunt, Magool, was one of Somalia's most famous singers. K'naan's grandfather, Haji Mohammad, was a poet. He is Muslim, and his name, Keinan, means "traveller" in the Somali language. | ||
| Tribes At War | Nas And Damian Marley (Ft K Naan) | Distant Relatives (2010) |
| Road To Zion (w/ Nas) | Damian Marley | Welcome To Jamrock (2005) |
| Grammy Winning Album. | ||
| Be my man | Asa | Beautiful Imperfection |
| Asa (pronounced "Asha") (born in 1982) is a Nigerian French singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her stage name "Asa" means "Hawk" in Yoruba. | ||
| Maybe | Asa | Beautiful Imperfection |
| She states that the city is "buzzing with energy but also home to a deep-rooted spirituality. Islam thrives shoulder to shoulder with Christianity in an atmosphere of tolerance, and the turbulent city moves endlessly in an infernal and yet harmonious ballet of love and hate, laughter and violence, poverty and wealth." She discovered Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq, Lauryn Hill, Femi Kuti and Angélique Kidjo, in whose footprints she dreamed of following. | ||
| Kangpe (Feat. Wesley Williams) | Nneka | Concrete Jungle |
| Nneka Elise Egbuna (born 24 December 1980) is a Nigerian-German hip hop/soul singer and songwriter. She sings in both Igbo and English. | ||
| Africans | Nneka | Concrete Jungle |
| As a young singer she first gained public attention in 2004 while performing as an opening act for dancehall reggae starSean Paul at Hamburg Stadtpark. | ||
| Ninsuo feat. Kwesi Dankwa | Richy Pitch | Ye Fre Mi Richy Pitch |