Mokoomba is a six-piece band that plays a unique blend of Tonga and Luvale rhythms fused with funk, ska and soukous. Hailing from Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, the band have toured over 50 countries around the world and have appeared on Later... with Jools Holland.
Mokoomba recorded their first album Kweseka-Drifting Ahead and the hit single Messe Messe, produced in collaboration with Dutch DJ GREGOR SALTO as part of the Stand UP anti-poverty campaign funded by AfricaUnsigned in 2009. In 2011 Mokoomba and Gregor Salto released an EP titled Umvundla and in 2012 Mokoomba launched their second album RISING TIDE, produced by Manou Gallo, which has received rave reviews from world music specialists including UK’s prestigious Songlines Magazine, Froots Magazine, Afropop Worldwide and The Guardian which listed Rising Tide in its top five world music albums of 2012.
After the successful release of Luyando five years ago, Zimbabwean group Mokoomba is back with a new single named “Nzara Hapana” from their upcoming fourth album Tusona: Tracings in the Sand, which will be available on July 7th through Outhere Records. The song’s lyrics are in Shona, and it means “no hunger.”…
Artists: Mokoomba
It happened a few days ago now, but when great men (and musicians) pass away, you always need some time to digest the news. That happened to us, as we were and still are Oliver Mtukudzi’s mere fans and supporters. However, for the people of Zimbabwe, Tuku’s death has been…
Artists: Mokoomba , Oliver Mtukudzi
On Thursday 25th October, Mokoomba came all the way from Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to play to a rather diverse crowd at St Mary’s Church, Walthamstow. The night began with myself and my friend exhausted from work, sat slumped on one of the church pews lined with bibles near the…
Artists: Bamako Overground , Mokoomba
We don’t often go back home sweating and physically tired after a gig, but when we do, it’s because we’ve danced the show away and that’s inevitably what you’ll end up doing when Mokoomba are on stage. Since 2008, the Zimbabwean quintet put their souls and bodies in their performances…
Artists: Mokoomba![Album Review: Mokoomba – Luyando [Outhere Records, 10th March 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/a1234498746_10-620x620.jpg)
Five years since their debut breakthrough album Rising Tide, Mokoomba return with Luyando – a focused, soulful and emotive collection of songs paying homage to their Zimbabwean culture. In the intervening years, the six-piece from Chinotimba Township, Victoria Falls have toured extensively – taking their blend of Zimrock and traditional…
Artists: Mokoomba
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