FRIENDS OF GITO BALOI: Concord Nkabinde, Steve Newman & Dave Reynolds

Concord (bassist/vocalist), Steve (guitarist) & Dave (steel pans) - some of the FRIENDS OF GITO BALOI share some feelings and experiences of what it was like to work with the late Gito Baloi (1964 - 2004), and something of what he contributed to the Southern African music scene in his unfinished life.

The new GITO BALOI album"BEYOND" includes many other friends: Paul Hanmer, Ian Herman, McCoy Mrubata, Moses Khumalo, Pedro Da Silva Pinto (of 340ml), Tlale Makhene, Tony Cox, Frank Paco, Nibs Van Der Spuy, Deepak Ram, Rui Soeiro (of 340ml), Bernice Boikanyo, Paulo Chibanga (of 340ml), Thuli Mdlalose, Eliot Short, Vusi Maseko and Graeme Sacks.

You can listen to it in 2 clicks, one here:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/gitobaloi

then click PLAY ALL SONGS

100% of the proceeds go to the GITO BALOI MEMORIAL TRUST.

There's also a facebook group, FRIENDS OF GITO BALOI with many stories, photos and articles:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=33506001694&ref=ts

and a FREE MP3 from the album BEYOND here:

www.gitobaloi.com

Thanks to Peter Makurube for his generosity in assisting with the interviews, and Nibs van der Spuy for collecting and archiving so much footage of Gito.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• maputo
• cape
• town
• tananas
• ian
• herman
• mbaqanga
• africa
• calling
• mozambique
• pans
• house
• marrabenta
• township
• reggae
• south
• potpourri
• steel
• pop
• afro
• joburg
• dub
• shangaan
• steelband
• drums
• music
• african
• portuguese
• jazz
• hang
• acoustic
• Centro
• world
• Cultural
• Franco
• Moçambicano
• Soweto

[bucunzi]

stop violance

god bless lucky dube gito baloi and all does artists that felt to the hands of violance

[cavemansouthafrica]

as gito said in his tune "ifikile inkululeko" (the opening song in this doccie): "Peace is waht we're calling for ...".

[MzansiStyle]

great - love the new Gito album "Beyond" - it's a DJ's dream come true - every song has a place in your heart!