Track Listings (14) - Disc #1| All Artists: Samite Title: Tunula Eno Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Triloka Records Release Date: 10/7/2003 Album Type: Import Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop Styles: Traditional Folk, Africa Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 801298203322 |
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Samite, who hails from the East African nation of Uganda, is that rare multi-instrumentalist can make a flute weep or a simple thumb piano spout epic poetry. As a composer, his works range from spacious idylls to polyrhyth... more » |
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Amazon.com Samite, who hails from the East African nation of Uganda, is that rare multi-instrumentalist can make a flute weep or a simple thumb piano spout epic poetry. As a composer, his works range from spacious idylls to polyrhythmic, dance-inducing charmers. His clear tenor voice, with its soaring falsetto, has the kind of poignant beauty and artful tenderness that made international icons of Milton Nascimento and Vusi Mahlesela. His life has not been easy; he lost a brother under Idi Amin, endured a prolonged exile from his homeland, and is now dealing with the premature passing of his beloved wife, Joan. His reaction, as always, is to sing about his feelings, but while some of the present material is elegiac, it is not so light-textured as on earlier releases. Instead, Samite veers between avowals of longing and resignation, observations about the necessities of life, and even unexpected, healing flashes of humor. --Christina Roden Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsThis albumn woke up a sleeping side of my soul 12/01/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Ive never heard music like this before. The third song on the alubmn, Tunula Eno, fills me with tears and joy everytime I hear it. Samite fills his music with raw, beautiful emotion and has the uncanny ability to remind the listener of the strength and intense beauty that lies within all of us. This albumn touches deeply." Samite's best so far WorldDiscoveries.Net | Petaluma, California | 08/29/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "In TUNULA ENO Samite, the flute-playing, Kalimba-plucking singer/songwriter returns with another group of traditional Ugandan and homegrown songs. Anyone familiar with Samite's music knows he tends toward mellow, spiritually-uplifting tunes on themes of world peace and understanding, yet they're not sung in English, so the cornball factor never enters into them. Songs range from very pretty ballad-style tunes to rhythmic shakers. Occasional piano adds a slight jazz touch without getting in the way or distracting from the somewhat ethereal groove. We'd had varying reactions to Samite's music over the years; from loving his first album to thinking he should have kept it simpler on his later releases. With TUNULA ENO Samite really pulls it all together: this truly is his best album of songs so far. Sad to note, Samite's wife was dying of brain cancer during the making of this album; yet somehow no sense of overwhelming sadness permeates the album: mostly, it's the sound of joy. " Great Music OSU_MSU | USA | 08/22/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Samite is a fabulous artists. I liked this CD very much. If you get a chance to hear him live, dont miss it!"
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