Afro-soul
For the modern style of music also called "African-soul-music", see Afro pop music.
| Afro-soul | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Jazz, Soul (especially African Music and Traditional Music) with a touch of Gospel and Reggae. |
| Typical instruments | Drums, Guitar, Vocals and Background Vocals |
| Derivative forms | Afro-pop |
| Fusion genres | |
| Soul and African Music | |
| Local scenes | |
| South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Cameroon, France and Nigeria | |
Afro-soul is the term given to the music genre that is a fusion between soul music and African sound.
Its distinctive feature from any other African Music genre is the strong influence of vocals, mostly so of the lead singer, and emotions.
There is a very strong link between Afro-soul and other genres like Afro-Jazz, Afropean and Afrobeats.[1]
Notable musicians
- Miriam Makeba,[2] a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist[3]
- Zahara,[4] the South African recently discovered music prodigy[5]
- Simphiwe Dana,[6] praised as "the best thing to happen to Afro-soul music since Miriam Makeba"[2]
- Muma Gee, Nigerian singer
- Siphokazi, a South African artist[7]
- Les Nubians, the French born sisters who are Afropean music singers[8]
- The Budos Band[9]
- K'naan[10]
- Ginger Johnson[11]
- Manu+Dibango, from Cameroon[12]
- Nomfusi, South African artist[13]
- Lekan Babalola[14]
References
- ↑ http://www.vibrationstudio.com/afro_soul.html
- 1 2 Robin Denselow (May 17, 2007). "Simphiwe Dana, Zandisile". The Guardian. Archived from the original on Oct 3, 2014. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Miriam Makeba". sahistory.org.za. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ Chivimbiso Gava (Sep 20, 2011). "ALBUM REVIEW: Zahara's 'Loliwe'". The Times. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.smartcape.org.za/people-of-note/women-of-inspiration/entertainment/zahara-mkutukane.html
- ↑ "ListeningTo: Renowned South African Afro-soul singer Simphiwe Dana". 98.4 Capital FM. Oct 28, 2014. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Siphokazi with her golden voice". Music Industry Online. Jul 1, 2009. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ "New world news". CMJ New Music Report. Jun 21, 1999. p. 38. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/The+Budos+Band
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/K%27naan?v=charts&utm_expid=44142428-15.qDQ8Jf0nQAWJD148h2r1eA.5&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.last.fm%2Ftag%2Fafro-soul
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Ginger+Johnson
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Manu+Dibango
- ↑ "Nomfusi (South Africa)". music.org.za. Retrieved Feb 2, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Lekan+Babalola
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