JIVE TALKING

As summer gets off to a hesitant start, let’s welcome it with a burst of “sunshine music”.

Vazon Bay, Guernsey.

Click here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEWYFkjH2jc for a sunny performance by my favourite African group, Mahlathini and The Mahotella Queens. 

Mbaqanga, South African township jive, has been described as one of the most spirited and joyous sounds in the world and it certainly lifts my spirits on even the most overcast day.

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens