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Chants Sans Frontieres by Markus Kamau
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fave it Roots Rock | African
14 tracks | 49 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on Boda Boda Productions
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:31 Maasai Intro lyrics BUY MP3 00:31 Maasai Intro lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:31 Maasai Intro
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:09 Pesa ni Pesa lyrics BUY MP3 04:09 Pesa ni Pesa lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:09 Pesa ni Pesa
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:41 Gitonga lyrics BUY MP3 05:41 Gitonga lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:41 Gitonga
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:00 Concrete Savanna lyrics BUY MP3 05:00 Concrete Savanna lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:00 Concrete Savanna
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:37 Maasai Interlude lyrics BUY MP3 00:37 Maasai Interlude lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:37 Maasai Interlude
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:04 Pole Pole lyrics BUY MP3 04:04 Pole Pole lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:04 Pole Pole
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:18 Vicky lyrics BUY MP3 04:18 Vicky lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:18 Vicky
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:26 Mama lyrics BUY MP3 05:26 Mama lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:26 Mama
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:34 Maasai Interlude II lyrics BUY MP3 00:34 Maasai Interlude II lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:34 Maasai Interlude II
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:06 Just a Little Bit (of your love) lyrics BUY MP3 04:06 Just a Little Bit (of your love) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:06 Just a Little Bit (of your love)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:42 Fight No Mo Forever lyrics BUY MP3 04:42 Fight No Mo Forever lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:42 Fight No Mo Forever
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:52 Taswira lyrics BUY MP3 04:52 Taswira lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:52 Taswira
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:16 Imba Nairobi lyrics BUY MP3 05:16 Imba Nairobi lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:16 Imba Nairobi
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:28 Maasai Finale lyrics BUY MP3 00:28 Maasai Finale lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:28 Maasai Finale
Guitar rock brewed in an East African pot.
Bio / Background
Chants Sans Frontieres culminates more than 10 years of cross-cultural song writing and performance by American development worker cum musician Markus Kamau. Starting as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, his work has taken him all over the continent building the solar energy industry. His passion for African music has put him on stage with lingala, rock, ndobolo, reggae and traditional artists and he has absorbed influences and built up a fluency for African pop that few Westerners ever achieve.
In “Chants”, he composes songs in Swahili, East Africa’s lingua franca, and raps with the a deep expressive voice reminiscent of Manu Dibango. Leading the Boda Boda Band, he fuses rock and roll hooks and chord changes with soca rhythms, Congolese ndombolo guitar and Maasai chanting. And it works!
Part of the attraction of this CD is the excellent musicianship of Boda Boda band and the guest artists, a who’s who of Nairobi players.
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