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Track Listing
1. Masakhane
2. Amaliya
3. Pata Pata 2000
4. 'Cause We Live For Love
5. Liwawechi
6. Lindelani
7. Homeland
8. Unhome
9. Africa Is Where My Heart Lies
10. In Time
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Barney Rachabane | | Producer: | Cedric Sampson | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Miriam Makeba (vocals); Lokua Kanza (guitar, percussion, programming); Mauritz Lotz, Louis Mhlanga (guitar); David "Broo" Oldfield (gembe); Obeda Otayeck (African flute); McCoy Mrubata (pennywhistle, soprano saxophone); Barry Snyman (soprano saxophone); Barney Rachabane (alto saxophone); Prince Lengoasa (trumpet); Cedric Samson (keyboards, drums, percussion, programming); Trevor Gordon (keyboards, fretless bass, synthesized bass); Themba Mkhize (keyboards, synthesized bass); Mandia Zikalala (electric bass); Kwanzi Shange (drums); Nick Heaton, Nelson Lee (percussion); Crew Of Six, Chaneng Primary School Choir (background vocals).
Recorded at CSR Studios, Gauteng, Republic Of South Africa.
HOMELAND was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best World Music Album.
Grammy Award-winning chanteuse Miriam Makeba finds an exciting space between her South African roots and the world of international pop on HOMELAND. This extraordinary woman seems to bring several lifetimes worth of experience to the microphone, as an exiled anti-apartheid activist, author, ambassador, and actress--she even sang at JFK's infamous 1962 birthday celebration! The result is music that is groovy, graceful, and wise, with a revolutionary yet maternal brand of soulfulness. The recording further benefits from the touch of producer Cedric Gradus Samson, who co-wrote the score to the T.V. epic MANDELA.
The potent "Masakhane" makes a scintillating marriage of traditional and modern musical elements, with its cyclical polyrhythms, luscious group vocal harmonies, fiery electric guitar bursts, and blustery organ riffs. "Unhome" is a slow-rolling, pensive piece, with Makeba forceful and throaty in her delivery over a backdrop of soft piano and cresting waves of background chanting. The updated, dance-happy remake of her 1967 Top-10 hit "Pata Pata" rolls along like a kindred spirit to Deee-Lite's classic club anthem "Groove Is in the Heart." The variety of rhythms and instrumental textures here creates an overall superb sounding board for Makeba's voice.
Industry Reviews
...Comes home with warming passion....The production is clean and lively, wrapping her mature, exultant voice in textures that veer from South African jive to R&B notions to touches of techno without blinking...
JazzTimes (08/01/2000)
...Showcases her warm, soaring vocals in the best possible light...
CMJ (04/24/2000)
Included in CMJ's Year's New World Albums from 2000.
CMJ (01/08/2001)
Included in CMJ's Year's New World Albums from 2000.JazzTimes (8/00, p.87) - ...Comes home with warming passion....The production is clean and lively, wrapping her mature, exultant voice in textures that veer from South African jive to R&B notions to touches of techno without blinking...CMJ (4/24/00, p.32) - ...Showcases her warm, soaring vocals in the best possible light...
CMJ (01/08/2001)
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