Transylvanian folk and acoustic guitar from Nairobi
Kathryn Tickell presents the best in global roots-based music, and British-Kenyan musician John Low selects three tracks from the acoustic guitar scene of 1950s and 60s Nairobi.
Kathryn Tickell presents the best in new global folk and roots-based music; and this week, she invites British-Kenyan musician John Low to select three tracks from the vibrant acoustic guitar scene of 1950s and 60s Nairobi.
As a young man, Low travelled across Kenya, Tanzania, the Congo and Zambia in search of his guitar heroes, learning fingerstyle techniques and recording informal sessions with musicians including Jean-Bosco Mwenda, Losta Abelo and Emmanuel Mulemena. Nearly five decades later, these recordings have finally been brought together in a recent compilation from Mississippi Records.
Elsewhere in the show, raucous Transylvanian folk from Műhely Banda and a summer carol from Welsh musician Huw Marc Bennett.
Produced by Gabriel Francis
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