Honest Music
Benjamin H. Johnston | Austin, TX | 06/11/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This series offers music selections from around the world, not glossy studio productions by famous "world beat" musicians, but honest music played and sung by musicians still close to their sources. One of the best pieces on CD #4 is Mbube by Solomon Linda and the Evening Birds, a song known to the English-speaking world as "Wimoweh" or "The Lion Sleeps Tonight." Mbube gave its name to an entire style of South African all male a cappella music, still practiced by well-known artists such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The CDs in this series are worthy additions to any collection of ethnic music."