Kigolooba Luweero Mataali Group

Kigolooba Mataali Group

This post from three years ago is this blog's most popular.  I recently promised that I would share another cassette of Mataali songs from Uganda, a recording featuring the Kigolooba Mataali Group from the town of Luweero.  This set of eight songs features several young singers, an impassioned choir, and the expected percussion accompaniment.  

I don't know when this cassette was released.  It entered my life in 2003.  The recording is saturated, there are too many vocalists and percussionists burdening the microphones.  The music is lovely.  Does the chorus of the final track also remind you of the New Orleans classic Iko Iko? 

Download Kigolooba Luweero Mataali Group

These pictures are taken from the group's Facebook page.  If you would like to book them for your next event, give them a call: +256 773 14 78 52. 

Enjoy!!