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Louis Mhlanga

Enhlizweni - Song Stories From My Heartland

By Steve Dyer

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2024
Track listing: Heartland; Kindred Spirits; TransAtlantic; Inyembezi; Ihlasele; Barren soil (land without opportunity); Falling trees in the forest; Phola; Uyivile; Senzeni na?.

Zimbabwean Guitarist Louis Mhlanga's New Album

by Ngwako Malakalaka
June 25, 2024

Louis Mhlanga is a Southern African musician whose passion for the guitar started at the age of 10, imitating the likes of Jimi Hendrix and many other rock musicians from the '60s through to the '70s. He is also a scholar of both the Southern and West African guitar traditions, successfully incorporating the mbira (thumb piano) ...

World Traveller

By Louis Mhlanga

Label: Sheer Sound
Released: 2006
Track listing: Rhumba All the Way; Afrika Ya Uya; Shungu Iwe; Spreading Some Love; Hona Ka; Serina; Distant Lover; Gumbo Muchochocho; Kamba Kemaziso; International Rhumba; Mari Hakuna; Zuva; Chifamba; Rudo; Take Me; What the Future Holds.

Louis Mhlanga: World Traveller

by Seton Hawkins
April 24, 2006

Louis Mhlanga has established himself as one of Southern Africa's most influential and unique guitarists. Originally from Zimbabwe, he now records for South Africa's Sheer Sound label. While his music, as the title of this album suggests, draws its inspiration from all over the globe, his guitar playing seems to draw its greatest influences from the ...

Shamwari

By Louis Mhlanga

Label: Sheer Sound
Released: 2002
Track listing: 1. Hona Ka 2. Beira 3. Afrika ya uya 4. What Happened To Love? 5. Distant Lover 6. Chifamba 7. Kugarisana Nevamwe Zvakanaka 8. Shamwari 9. Take Me 10. Dzembira

Louis Mhlanga: Shamwari

by Javier AQ Ortiz
July 25, 2002

Quick and to the Point : Beautiful, nice, enjoyable Afro-Pop jazz on deceivingly unassuming guitar chops. One good listening of Louis Mhlanga’s guitar playing and you will unconsciously pay closer attention to his proficient technique. His clever and tasty phrasings are congenial and well adapted to their musical ecosystem, as conceived entirely by Mhlanga ...

Shamwari

By Louis Mhlanga

Label: Sheer Sound
Released: 2001
Track listing: Hona Ka; Beira; Afrika Ya Uya; What Happened to Love?; Distant Lover; Chifamba; Kugarisana Nevamwe Zvakanaka; Shamwari; Take Me; Dzembira.

Louis Mhlanga: Shamwari

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2001

While jazz purists might snub guitarist Louis Mhlanga's efforts on Shamwari as simple Afro-pop, this music rises above the elemental revolving harmonies of that genre. Mhlanga's guitar work combines a strong sense of form with occasional detours into open improvisational territory. His core sextet includes three percussionists, which may give you some idea of the rhythmic ...

Song For Nomsa

By Louis Mhlanga

Label: Label Bleu
Released: 1998