Goema Music from Cape Town, South Africa
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Barry Van Zyl & The Bo Kaap Collective
Goema Music from Cape Town, South Africa
[ Arc / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 August 2013
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Goema [pronounce: "gooma"] music from the Bo Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, as played today, still in its traditional format with voices, percussion, bass, banjo and guitar. The songs ("goema liedjies") have their origins in the early days of the cape; they are very much community music, full of social comment, humour and double entendre. Info in four languages. Afrikaans lyrics in the booklet.
Tracks:
1. Meisie met die kortste rokkie (Girl with the Shortest Skirt) - 3:51
2. Nuwe jaar (New Year) - 4:57
3. Alibama - 4:44
4. January / February - 2:18
5. Onder die piesang boom (Under the Banana Tree) - 3:27
6. Loskop (Madcap) - 4:11
7. Dans vannie maan (Dance under the Moon) - 2:58
8. Boem Straat - 2:53
9. Die jackals (The Jackals) - 3:16
10. As die wind so waai (As the Wind Blows) - 2:21
11. Die eilandje (The Little Island) - 3:04
12. Op die skeffel (On the Scaffold) - 4:09
13. Lekker Straat (Fun Street) - 2:52
14. Noekies - 4:49
15. Die blikkie se boom is uit (The Bottom Piece of the Little Tin Has Come Apart) - 2:46
16. Die maan skyn so helder (The Moon Shines So Brightly) - 3:16
17. Koeksusters sonder suiker (Cakes without Sugar) - 2:18
18. Saterdag oppie stasie (Saturday at the Station) - 1:35
