With a big live concert the Zambian Afro-Jazz songstress Yvonne
Mwale released last Saturday her latest record "Ninkale – Let It Be"
in Frankfurt (Germany).
Though still new to Germany Yvonne Mwale managed to mobilise a
large crowd of people to attend at 'Das Bett', a popular place for live
concerts in Frankfurt. After one of Germany's biggest entertainment magazines
featured Yvonne with a full page article a good number of locals became curious
to see what the African Star had to offer. Those who joined were not
disappointed: for two and a half hours Yvonne Mwale rocked the place and kept
the crowd dancing all night long, cheered by an excited audience. To maintain
the African originality Yvonne had 'Sir' Jones Kabanga from Zambia and 'Twaba'
from Tanzania on stage. Since the concert was a record release concert the new
album 'Ninkale' was for the first time on sale that night. Most visitors
decided to go home with their own copy after watching a convincing performance
of the whole band. Many of them queued up the get their copy signed by the
artist.
When asked about how she feels about her new album Yvonne had to
say: "Working in such a studio with only professional musicians was a new
experience for me. But it helped me to extend my limits further. It's great
after all that work to see the album finally out and selling. Now, after
performing my first major concert here in Germany after the 2010 tour I'm
excited to see all the people here. It's good to see that even in Europe the
audience loves our Africa music and I will give my best to reach a wider
audience with it."
The album was previously recorded in the Art Of June Studios,
one of the major german recording studios that allows to record full bands
live. The 14 tracks of the album feature besides the Zambian guitar legen 'Sir
Jones' also the Tanzanian percussionist Twaba, the danish saxophonist Bobby
Ricketts as well as musicians from Germany that usually perform with German
superstars like Xavier Naidoo and Glashaus. To get the final polish, the album
was after mixing sent to Switzerland for mastering.
With her latest album Yvonne Mwale is further establishing her
position in the global World Music scene. First reviewers have been excited
about the artistic and technical quality that take Zambian music to a whole new
level. The album is available in all popular music stores and streaming
services around the world (e.g. iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, Spotify, Deezer
and many more).
In July Yvonne will perform at the Africa Festival in Stuttgart
(Germany). Further shows later this year are in preparation.
A short video documentary about the making of the album is
available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB5siXT6iUY
Yvonne Mwale performing with her band during the record release concert in Frankfurt. Foto: Felix Sboron
Yvonne Mwale performing during the record release concert in Frankfurt. Foto: Felix Sboron
Yvonne Mwale and Sir Jones during the record release concert in Frankfurt. Foto: Felix Sboron
Tanzanian percussionist Twaba performing at the record release concert in Frankfurt. Foto: Felix Sboron
Yvonne Mwale signing copies of the new album for fans. Foto: Matthias Krämer
Yvonne Mwale singing the 'lead vocal' for the musicians during the album recording. The final voice was recorded later. Foto: Matthias Krämer
Yvonne Mwale singing the 'lead vocal' for the musicians during the album recording. The final voice was recorded later. Foto: Matthias Krämer
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