How cool is this? Colin & Brigitte sent me this recording some time ago and I’m just now getting around to scanning it.
Now I made my decision: I will emigrate to Africa!
Wild and crazy cover Dale! I like the way that you can plainly see the technique of pushing the whistle head deep into the mouth,to get the typical Kwela whistle sound.
I’ve never even heard any kwela music. Does anyone know of any links anywhere where you can hear some?
Cool pic!
Edited to add: goodness, I wonder if you can fit “any” in two sentences more than I accidentally did? 
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[ This Message was edited by: Cees on 2003-01-02 13:26 ]
That looks very cool.
I’ve never even heard any kwela music. Does anyone know of any links anywhere where you can hear some?
Check out this site
http://www.btinternet.com/~adam.keelan/
Buy the CDs! Especially the full length one. You will NOT regret it. No commercial interest except that they sent me a free demo so I could review it for C&F- if it’s possible to wear out a CD, this will be the one I wear out!
Also be sure and check out the Mp3’s on this page: http://www.scientific-african.de/sciafrmusic/session.htm featuring the late Donald Kachamba.
Thanks for the links, Walden and BrewerPaul.
Loved both, and one opened my ears.
Hey Dale,
After hearing the kwela playing on the BBC Radio 4 programme 6 holes etc., I’ve ordered a couple of CDs from The Positively Testcard, and a couple of imports of Spokes Mashiyane (King Kwela) playing kwela.
I also discovered (from the Anorak* page of the Positively Testcard site) that most of the whistles used in early Kwela music in the 50s and 60s were made by Hohner, in the keys of C, Bb and G (low G?).
Knowing that Hohner whistles are now rarer than hens teeth thse days, I suspect there are thousands residing in the bottom of drawers in South Africa.
Do we have any South African C&Fers who can shed any light on “The Case of the Vanishing Hohner Whistles?”
*For those who like learning Britslang, an “anorak” is a person who has a near unhealthy obsession for a strange hobby, like photographing gas storage towers, collecting bus numbers, or cataloguing all the shades of green used in Police stations.