From the amazing archives of recordings by Hugh Tracey, this issue features the lesser known Kanyok people & their Luba neighbours in the 50’s. Most o..(read more)

Recorded in 2006. The lesiba is a fantastic instrument: a mouthbow that is blown rather than struck or plucked, an ancient Khoi instrument that survives only in..(read more)

As recorded in Southern Congo & Northern Zambia between 1950 & 1958. The Katanga guitar style in Congo originated in the Likembe tradition, the sound fr..(read more)