Series of three CDs with music from Tanzania and Zanzibar. It features traditional song and dance music from different ethnic groups in Tanzania (there are more than a hundred of them), modern music with instruments other than traditional such as the trumpet, the violin and the accordion. The latter are often no longer recognizable in terms of sound image in this context, not only because of the
… different music that is played with them, but also because the instruments in question need to be replaced. The latest CD is devoted entirely to Islamic religious song and music from the island of Zanzibar, which has been under strong Arab influence for centuries. (GO)more
