Artist: The Royal Amanzimtoti Entertainers
LP: Zulu Music and Songs [10" EP]
Song: "Solata Nje"
[ listen ]
Happy New Year! I didn't intend to go MIA for two months, but I guess that's what happens if you never actually log in and post anything. I didn't get to put up any Christmas records! Also, several people have died in the past few months that I've lined up postings for, but since it's a New Year and everything I figured I'd start with life! Or actually, I'm starting with people who have probably been dead for a very long time instead of the recently deceased.
This 10" various artists compilation of Zulu music from the 1930s and '40s was released on London Records in 1951; it was printed in the USA. It's one of the things I picked up yesterday at Everyday Music on Capitol Hill with the gift certificate my friend Trevor gave me for Christmas. Thanks, Trevor!
I didn't expect to find any information about The Royal Amanzimtoti Entertainers online, so was surprised when a few things turned up. First, you can sample several more of their recordings on the South African Music Archive Project website here, and then there's also some information and a photo below that I found and copied without permission from a book on South African music, published by University of Chicago Press in 1991.
I hope anyone who's reading this had a wonderful set of holidays in 2018. Life here on the farm has been hectic, but it's simply bound to get better. It's one of my 2019 resolutions to pop in here more pften to post records and reviews and things.
[ The Royal Amanzimtoti Entertainers ]
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