South African Music Archive Project
Popular music
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- Artist(s): Aliwal North Xhosa Choir (Performer) | Composer: Aliwal North Sesotho Choir (Performer) | 1950-00-00 | Aliwal North Sesotho Choir, Choir, Folk music, Mbube, men and women, Popular music, Secular music, Song, Sotho, South Africa, Southern African, Traditional music, ILAM | Unaccompanied Marabi style song for men and women
- Artist(s): Calender (Leader) Maringar Band (Performer) | Composer: Calender (Performer)Maringar Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Calendar, Calypso, Creole, Creole, dance, Drum, Guitar, Indigenous music, Man singing, Maringar Band, Popular music, Rhythmic beats on bottle, Sierra Leone, Song, West African, ILAM | Calypso dance song performed by a small band of musicians
- Artist(s): Louis Mellito (Leader) | Composer: Sunderland String Band (Performer)Bwagajuga, M. (Performer - singer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | banjo, Bwagajuga,Mohamedi A., Dance Band, Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Mandoline, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Popular music, Stick, Sunderland String Band, Swahili, Swahili rumba, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR076
- Artist(s): Louis Mellito (Leader) | Composer: Sunderland String Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1952-00-00 | banjo, Dance song, East African, Guitar, Kenya, Love song, Mandoline, Mellito,Louis, Nguja, Popular music, Stick, Sunderland String Band, Swahili, Swahili rumba, Tanganyika, Tanzania, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0400
- Artist(s): Samuiri Kyebatenda (Leader) | Composer: Nasuti Social Club (Performer)Composer not specified | 1945-00-00 | Drum, East African, Guitar, Mandoline, Nasuti Social Club, Popular music, Samuiri Kyebatenda, Soga, Topical song, Uganda, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recording) number: CR0342
- Composer: Mwenda Jean Bosco (Performer)Mwenda Jean Bosco (Composer) | 1905/05/09 | Central African, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guitar, Katanga, Luba, Mwenda,Jean Bosco, Popular music, Sonje, Topical song, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1156
- Composer: Ndiche Band (Performer)Composer not specified | 1923-00-00 | banjo, East African, Guitar, Malawi, Ndiche Band, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Shaker, Southern African, Vocal, ILAM | Further details refer ILAM shellac record (commercial recordings) number: CR1015
- Artist(s): ET Mensah (Leader)ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | Composer: ET Mensah's Tempos Band (Performer) | 1958-00-00 | Brass instruments, Clave rhythm, dance, Drum set, Fante, Ghana, Guitar, High Life, Instrumental, Mensah,E.T., Percusssion instruments, Popular music, Rhythm sticks, Tempos Band, West African, ILAM | High life dance music, performed on various instruments
- Artist(s): Robinson Nangwale (Composer/Performer) | Composer: Robinson Nangwale (Composer/Performer) | 1950-00-00 | banjo, dance, Guitar, Malawi, Nangwale,Robison, Nyanja, Nyasaland, Popular music, Southern African, town, ILAM | Town dance with singing and accompanied by the guitar and banjo. The composer is also known as Rabisoni Nangwale. ILAM field card number is unknown
- Artist(s): Mbata (Singer)Zulu band (Instrumental Performer)Enoch Mkize (Singer) | Composer: MbataZulu bandEnoch Mkize | 1900-01-00 | dance, Enoch Mkize, Guitar, Indigenous music, Man singing, Mbata, Popular music, Song, South Africa, South African, Traditional music, Zulu, Zulu, ILAM | Dance song accompanied by the guitar.
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