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		<title>Zimfest reports</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/09/05/zimfest-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we have a guest post from Zimfest by Benn loxo listener, DJ Earball:
&#8220;Maybe we&#8217;re special here, maybe not. For all I know, other regions of the world also may have events as stunning as Zimfest (www.zimfest.org ), the annual Zimbabwean Music Festival that rotates around cities on the upper left-hand edge of North America. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Drive safely</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/02/09/drive-safely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran Benn loxo listener/writer, ubulujaja, is right in pointing out that we should all check-out The Green Arrows if we&#8217;re into the sounds of Mapfumo &#038; co.
Zexie Manatsa and his band dominated the Zimbabwean charts from the mid-70s to the mid-80s.  Their first big hit was 1974&#8217;s Chipo Chiroorwa, which sold over 25 000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When all was rosy at the Zimpop revolution</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/02/08/when-all-was-rosy-at-the-zimpop-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/02/08/when-all-was-rosy-at-the-zimpop-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[chimurenga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shona]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we&#8217;ll hear a great tune from the 2006 re-issue of music by the 1970s Zimbabwean group, the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band.  Thomas Mapfumo, who you must&#8217;ve heard before, was a notable member along with guitarist Joshua Hlomayi Dube.
The Hallelujah Chicken Run Band helped permanently change the sound of popular music in Zimbabwe, then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Awesome.</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/01/12/awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/01/12/awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[south africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every one of the three Golden Afrique compilations is awesome.  (Thanks, Network Medien.) All three of today&#8217;s tracks are awesome.  Friday after work is awesome.  This weather, even though it spells doom for my children, is awesome too.  
The third in the Golden Afrique series was released last fall.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>More than a one-hit</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2006/07/25/more-than-a-one-hit/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2006/07/25/more-than-a-one-hit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must have listened to the South African group, TKZee, almost every weekend between 1999 and 2000 but never really thought about how great their music is. Almost everyone who has heard "Palafala", their African club anthem from the start of the millennium, makes the mistake of thinking that TKZee is just another one-hit wonder. This is simply not the case.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gospel Friday</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/08/26/gospel-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/08/26/gospel-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Machanic Manyeruke (and that's not 'Mechanic' despite what Google tells you) has been singin' the bible in Zimbabwe for over 30 years.  His simple, happy style is perfect for a Friday afternoon.  Electric guitar with no effects, the occasional female backup or a splash of organ, and lots of get-your-way-to-heaven vocals.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Saratoga Sound</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/04/03/the-saratoga-sound/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2005/04/03/the-saratoga-sound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If heaven isn't a lot like the Saratoga bar with The Four Brothers then I'm not going.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tuku Light</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/11/08/tuku-light/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/11/08/tuku-light/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2004 11:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affectionately called "Tuku" by his followers, Oliver Mtukudzi is one of the most popular artists ever to come out of Zimbabwe.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>No struggle here</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/10/19/no-struggle-here/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/10/19/no-struggle-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Sibanda sings really, really happy music.  Cute, even.  Despite all this happiness, however, he managed to drink himself to death by the late 50s.  Luckily before this unfortunate end he played innumerable gigs up and down southern Africa for cash and drinks.  He also bumped into Hugh Tracey, a white Rhodesian passionate about recording  African musicians, and recorded a bunch of tunes, two of which you'll find below.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Trance for &#8220;loose women&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/10/17/trance-for-loose-women/</link>
		<comments>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/10/17/trance-for-loose-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mbira]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Girls aren't supposed to play mbira; it's traditionally a guy-only deal in Zimbabwe.  Women who pluck the metal with their thumbs are called "loose" and criticized or rejected by their community.  Stella Chiweshe didn't care.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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