Listening to Freshly Ground. They play what wiki calls Afro-fusion - mixing traditional South African music with blues/jazz. I'm beginning like a lot of this sort of fusion - sort of a middle ground between imitating another culture wholesale and being parochial. Tshila (Ugandan songwriter/poet/singer) is the same - heard her sing Namboozo and Scientific Love. Amazing.
I like how they're dealing with their colonial baggage - not whining about it, but not losing identity - synthesizing. Tshila talks about this.
(Oops. Got a call. Will finish later)
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- Atticus
- Owns a grey Rasta hat, a very old church organ which doesn't work, and a suit with Buck Mulligan monogrammed on the inner pocket. Likes small cafes with newspapers on wooden tables. Also, second-hand stores with curious junk, old paintings, books and beaten-up antiques. Identifies with losers. Bugger. This is not a good sign.
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