Tobins from music/mbira by Mbira Mike
Back in 2013 myself and Chartwell Dutiro, the renowned mbira player and singer, were recording an album of mbira and song with concertina. He had always been fascinated by the sound and there had once been a Shona concertina tradition now sadly died out but still audible in a few rare recordings. We were both also keen to bring our own traditions together and, from my background of Irish traditional music Tobin's Jig came forward as a possible candidate for merging the 6/8 feel of both musics. An mbira part, song, concertina arrangements and percussion accompaniment followed and this track was born.
You can her the full album Mbira Korositina here on bandcamp:
https://mbirakorositina.bandcamp.com/album/mbira-korositina
Tracklist
| 3. | Tobins | 6:50 |
Credits
Chartwell Dutiro:
Mbira (G tuning by Chris Malangha), voice, hosho and ngoma
Mike Parnell:
G/D concertina by Connor, Eb/Ab/Bb/F concertina by W.Jeffries, congas
License
All rights reserved.
Mike Parnell has played all sorts of instruments in numerous bands over the years from folk-punk (Blunt Instruments) to arabic blues (The Nomads). He also collaborated with mbira player Chartwell Dutiro on a concertina - mbira merger (Mbira Korositina), which was most favourably recieved.