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Tony Cox - African Guitar Collaborations

 With his award winning album titled CHINA (a word used in South African urban slang meaning Friend), Tony Cox offers a collection of very fine recordings, a combination of songwriting, performance and production (by Joe Arthur) at a very high artistic level. The album offers numerous excellent collaborations with some of southern Africa's top guitarists. To be re-released - 1/11/2024 Digital release sleeve art - Images from the CD sleeve -  Here a comment from the artist -  In the backend of 2002, I wanted to create an album inviting many of my musician friends, my 'china', to collaborate with me. This turned into the album of albums, the friendship, the love, the sheer joy of performance is in every note. I had the cream of South and Southern African musical talent right there. I dived right in. Music link - After release Video link - After release 2024 (c) Songwrights Publishers and (p) Mountain Records for Tony Cox.

Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa: African Choral Legacy - Historical Recordings, Volume 1 and 2

 These two volumes are reissues of an album compiled and released ten years ago. Volume one will be available on 11th October 2024 and the released date for volume two will be announced later. (c) Songwrights Publishers   Here a press release text from the label - Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa: African Choral Legacy - Historical Recordings   African Choral Legacy: Historic Recordings of Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa was the first CD released by African Composers Edition, as ACE 001, in 2014. It comprised 31 tracks of short unaccompanied choral works by Lesotho composer Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa (1908-1982), in the Sesotho language.  The tracks are a companion to ACE’s complete edition of the 145 music scores of Mohapeloa and are a remarkable historical record of African choral singing and fully notated choir music (as distinct from traditional music or jazz) across 7 decades.  The first 8 tracks on Volume 1 of this new downloadable CD were recorded in 1936/37 in Johannesburg,