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Personnel: Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati (vocals, mbira, ngoma, chiwitsa); Virginia Mkwesha (vocals, mbira, hosha, percussion); Chinembiri Chidodo (vocals, mbira, ngoma); Leonard Ngwenya (vocals, soprano marimba, ngoma); Gilson Mangoma (vocals, baritone marimba, hosho); Eric Makorora (vocals, bass); Gordon Mapika, Job Muteswa (vocals); Charles Wille (guitar); Samson Mirazi (baritone marimba); Sabah Habas Mustapha (bass); Tonderai Zinyau, Houzam Mustapha (drums). Producers: Colin Brass, Michael Kurzawa, Hijaz Mustapha, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe. Compilation producer: Randall Grass. Engineers: Tommy Hein, Gary Gordon. Recorded at Preussenton Studios, SFB T3 Studio, the Music Factory and live at Tempordrom, Berlin, Germany. Includes liner notes by Randall Grass. Personnel: Stella Chiweshe (vocals, hosho, ngoma, hand claps); Gilson Mangoma (vocals, mandolin, hosho, hand claps); Leonard Ngwenya (vocals, marimba, ngoma, hand claps, percussion, background vocals); Virginia Mkwesha (vocals, hosho, hand claps, percussion); Chinembiri Chidodo (vocals, ngoma); Charles Willie (guitar); Samson Mirazi (marimba); Sabah Habas Mustapha (bass guitar); Tonderai Zinyau, Houzam Mustapha (drums); Gordon Mapika (hand claps). Audio Mixers: Michael Kurzawa; Alex Backers; Alfons Steffens; Stella Chiweshe; Colin Bass. Liner Note Author: Randall Grass. Recording information: Music Factory, Berlin, Germany; Preusenton Studios, Berlin, Germany; SFB T3, Belrin; Tempordrom, Berlin, Germany. A compilation culled primarily from the Piranha label releases of Stella Chiweshe's masterful mbira work. This album showcases some of the best work by Chiweshe, the acknowledged master of her instrument. The chimurenga stylings show through from time to time, as do vague soukous-influenced riffs by her band. Chiweshe manages throughout to show off her amazing ability on the "thumb pianos," though the mixing occasionally gets a bit more trippy and spacy than one might expect or hope for from a usually relatively traditional artist. Nonetheless, the tunes are certainly listenable, as well as danceable in most cases. In summary, while not the traditional fare from Chiweshe, this album is still certainly worth hearing, especially given its greatest-hits status. Other, single albums are perhaps worth looking into before picking this one up, but for a quick overview of her career, it can't be beat. ~ Adam Greenberg

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