Umoza: Tumbuka Voices – review

(IRL/Daisy Label/Proper)Southern Africa is a region packed with great singers and choirs, many non-professional. Last month's album from the Malawi Mouse Boys was a set of classy village music, and now comes a rousing and unlikely youth choir. Umoza is a school for deprived street children in northern Malawi that has been helped by the Irish producer John Dunford, who recorded this cheerfully confident, varied set there. The songs are based on traditional tunes, with lyrics praising the project...

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