MTMTMK
Esau Mwamwaya and Johan Hugo's latest melds together Euro-pop, kwela, bhangra and moombahton and has guests including Amadou & Mariam and Baaba Maal.
Esau Mwamwaya and Johan Hugo's latest melds together Euro-pop, kwela, bhangra and moombahton and has guests including Amadou & Mariam and Baaba Maal.
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, known together as The Very Best, are likely the most amiable group ever to claim such a superlative title, but if the ability to exude joy through music is enough to earn it, it’s a legitimate claim. Mwamwaya’s voice is robust and ebullient; Radioclit, formerly a production duo but now…
Esau Mwamwaya and Radioclit, known together as The Very Best, are likely the most amiable group ever to claim such a superlative title, but if the ability to exude joy through music is enough to earn it, it’s a legitimate claim. Mwamwaya’s voice is robust and ebullient; Radioclit, formerly a production duo but now…
Three years after album number one, MTMTMK sees The Very Best playing catch-up in the post-Graceland culture they helped found.
Three years after album number one, MTMTMK sees The Very Best playing catch-up in the post-Graceland culture they helped found.
The laidback warmth of 2009's 'Warm Heart Of Africa' caught many ears with its Afrobeat-tinged pop and utter lack of cynicism.
The laidback warmth of 2009's 'Warm Heart Of Africa' caught many ears with its Afrobeat-tinged pop and utter lack of cynicism.
The Very Best pursue a clubbier direction on their second album, cashing in what once made them unique, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong>
The Very Best pursue a clubbier direction on their second album, cashing in what once made them unique, writes <strong>Hermione Hoby</strong>
They've Westernized their sound so much that they’ve become nothing more than a glorified boy band.
They've Westernized their sound so much that they’ve become nothing more than a glorified boy band.
Big on sunny harmonies and feel-good factor, the Very Best's second album is not scared to be too pop, writes <strong>Caspar Llewellyn Smith</strong>
Big on sunny harmonies and feel-good factor, the Very Best's second album is not scared to be too pop, writes <strong>Caspar Llewellyn Smith</strong>