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Welcome to African Cream Music |
African Cream Music
celebrates amazing African music with the world
African Cream Music is an independent
record label based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 2001 with the
aim of sharing the best of African music with the world, the company showcases
the most talented musicians, artists and producers on the African continent.
After working in property development for
many years, founder and CEO Alex Agulnik decided that creating a record label
that celebrated African music was the best way to follow his passion. Involved
with Digital Cupboard at the time, the biggest Internet site on the continent
at the time, Agulnik realised that there was a huge thirst for music from the African
continent across the globe that needed to be quenched. And so, African Cream
Music was born.
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Mama Africa's Final Collection of her Best Songs |
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Known throughout the world as Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba is a legend
who lived an extraordinary life. Born in South Africa in 1932, she first made
her name as a featured vocalist with the Manhattan Brothers in 1954. Makeba's
incredible voice won her the lead role in
King Kong, a Broadway-inspired South African musical, together with Hugh
Masekela, her future husband. She went on to conquer America where she sang at
President Kennedy's birthday and worked with Harry Belafonte creating classics
such as The Click Song and Pata Pata.
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3rd Generation Presents: Marimba Magic |
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The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. Keys or bars (usually made of wood) are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. In Africa, most, marimbas are made by local artisans from locally available materials. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys to aid the performer both visually and physically.
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 Renowned
singer/musician Tina Schouw has recorded a much-needed beautiful, South African
collection of melodies specifically for children. " In 2002, I welcomed my
newborn son into the world. Lacking in homegrown South African songs, I hummed
simple melodies to him each night, which over time became fully-fledged songs,"
Says Schouw, " At five years old, my son was hungry for songs to sing so I gave
myself the challenge of recording this collection."
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THE NEW MUST-HAVE ALBUM FOR KIDS: SINGALONG AFRICAN KIDZ |
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 Hot
on the heels of the successful Under African Skies, an album
of traditional African stories set to music comes Singalong
African Kidz also crafted by renowned singer/songwriter Wendy
Oldfield.
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