Zimbabwe Frontline - Volume Two: Spirit of the Eagle

When ground-breaking bandleader Thomas Mapfumo single-handedly overhauled Zimbabwean pop music in the early '70s, the revolution was more than musical. The country was called Rhodesia then, and Mapfumo's chimurenga (or ''liberation'') singles, sung in a language the ruling whites didn't understand, helped galvanize a struggle that triumphed in black majority rule in 1980. The many groups that bloomed in the ensuing freedom specialized in the sounds of delight: gorgeously circular guitar riffs, chattering cymbals, and lyrics that celebrated the dawn of a new world. Ten years later, however, Spirit of the Eagle indicates the scene could use some fresh blood. The current stars are here — Patrick Mkwamba, the Four Brothers, Nyami Nyami Sounds — but a keenness, an edge, is missing from most of the tracks. The exception is Mapfumo himself, who continues to be one of the most majestic performers on the planet. His two cuts are not just this album's high points — they're chapters in a private artistic revolution that refuses to stop, even when the party seems to be over for everybody else





01. Masvingo Netara - Robson Banda & the New Black Eagles
02. Ngoma Yekwedu - Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
03. Vambozha Vauya - The Four Brothers feat. Patrick Mkwamba
04. Dzinomwa Muna Save - Robson Banda & the New Black Eagles
05. Mombe Yeumai - The Four Brothers feat. Patrick Mkwamba
06. Nyamutamba Ne Mombe - Thomas Mapfumo & the Blacks Unlimited
07. Tsiga Mureza - The Four Brothers
08. Ndiani Apisa Moto - Nyami Nyami Sounds
09. Wenhamo Ndewe Nhamo - Jonah Moyo and Devera Ngwena

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