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Mbira ( əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger. Musicologists classify it as a lamellaphone, part of the plucked idiophone family of musical instruments. In Eastern and Southern Africa, there are many kinds of mbira, often accompanied by the hosho, a percussion instrument. It is often an important instrument played at religious ceremonies, weddings, and other social gatherings. The "Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe" was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2020.A modern interpretation of the instrument, the kalimba, was commercially produced and exported by ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey in the late 1950s, popularising similar instruments outside of Africa. Tracey's design was modeled after the mbira nyunga nyunga and named ''Kalimba'' after an ancient predecessor of the mbira family of instruments. The kalimba is basically a westernized younger version of mbira. It was popularized in the 1960s and early 1970s largely due to the successes of such musicians as Maurice White of the band Earth, Wind and Fire and Thomas Mapfumo in the 1970s. These musicians included mbira on stage accompanying modern rock instruments such as electric guitar and bass, drum kit, and horns. Their arrangements included numerous songs directly drawn from traditional mbira repertoire. Other notable influencers bringing mbira music out of Africa are: Dumisani Maraire, who brought marimba and karimba music to the American Pacific Northwest; Ephat Mujuru, who was one of the pioneer teachers of mbira dzavadzimu in the United States; and the writings and recordings of Zimbabwean musicians made by Paul Berliner. Joseph H. Howard and Babatunde Olatunji have both suggested that mbira (and other metal lamellaphones) are thoroughly African, being found only in areas populated by Africans or their descendants. Similar instruments were reported to be used in Okpuje, Nsukka area of the south eastern part of Nigeria in the early 1900s.
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Cicatrices [2019]
Song | Duration |
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Cicatrices | 4:34 |
Que Se Queme El Mundo [2019]
Song | Duration |
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Que Se Queme El Mundo | 4:04 |
Somos muchos y venimos todos [2019]
Song | Duration |
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Fiesta | 3:46 |
Cicatrices | 4:34 |
Otro Día Más | 3:42 |
Que Se Queme El Mundo | 4:04 |
Eres | 4:05 |
¿Dónde Guardo El Corazón? | 4:11 |
Fingir Que No Es Amor | 4:24 |
Canción 3 | 5:13 |
¿Dónde Guardo El Corazón? [2019]
Song | Duration |
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¿Dónde Guardo El Corazón? | 4:11 |
Don't Stop the Party [2014]
Song | Duration |
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Te Perdiste Mi Amor | 3:57 |
Tu Corazón Lo Sabe [Latin Party Remix] | 3:41 |
Aventurero [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Tocando Fondo [Version] | 3:56 |
Homenaje a Las Grandes Canciones, Vol. 2 [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Si Me Dejas Ahora | 4:24 |
Las Grandes Baladas Que Debes Escuchar Antes del...Fin del Mundo [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Duele (Crazy) | 3:53 |
40 Aniversarío [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Ya Lo Se Que Tu Te Vas | 5:00 |
De Plata [2011]
Song | Duration |
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Tocando Fondo | 4:32 |
Lo Esencial de Amor del Bueno [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Se Te Olvido | 4:32 |
Duele [Crazy] | 3:53 |
Tocando Fondo | 4:07 |
Voces por Haití [2010]
Song | Duration |
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No Me Quiero Enamorar | 3:38 |
Amar y Querer: Homenaje a Las Grandes Canciones [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Amar y Querer | 5:52 |
Amar y Querer: Homenaje a Las Grandes Canciones [DVD] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Ya Lo Se Que Tu Te Vas | 4:58 |
Amor del Bueno, Vol. 3 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Solo Déjate Amar | 3:40 |
Lo Esencial de Super Éxitos [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Tocando Fondo | 4:07 |
No Me Quiero Enamorar | 3:38 |
Amor del Bueno, Vol. 2 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Duele (Crazy) | 3:51 |
Mi Otro Yo [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Se Te Olvidó | 4:30 |
Mi Otro Yo | 3:28 |
001-646 | 4:29 |
Amor del Bueno: Las Mejores Baladas de Hoy [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Tocando Fondo | 4:05 |
Los Mejores Duetos, Vol. 2 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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No Puedo Dejarte de Amar | 5:18 |
NegroKlaro [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Inevitable | 3:19 |
Sólo Déjate Amar | 3:41 |
Duele [Crazy] | 3:51 |
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | 4:16 |
Núnca Sabrás | 3:49 |
No Puedo Dejarte de Amar [Versión Española] | 5:17 |
Top Latino, Vol. 3 [CD/DVD] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Duele [Crazy] | 3:50 |
Mundos Opuestos [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Ya No | 3:40 |
Aerosoul [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Lat'n Party | 4:39 |
Buscando | 4:11 |
Tocando Fondo | 4:06 |
Tú Tienes un Lugar | 4:18 |
Llévate | 4:37 |
Undercover | 4:08 |
No Me Quiero Enamorar | 3:37 |
2Nite's the Night | 3:15 |
Día de Suerte | 4:34 |
Holler | 3:34 |
Amor o Love | 4:08 |
Pop Hits [Sony] [2004]
Song | Duration |
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No Me Quiero Enamorar | 3:36 |
Unknown Album
Song | Duration |
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Fiesta | 3:45 |
Arre Borriquito | 3:10 |
Fingir Que No Es Amor | 4:24 |
Eres | 4:04 |
Ven A Cantar | 4:10 |
Una Canción Así [Remix] | 3:43 |
Nina Primavera | 5:48 |
Si No Estas Tu | 8:05 |
No volveras a mi | 5:47 |
Jamas | 5:42 |
Llorar Duele Mas (One Take) | 8:51 |
Sin Explicacion | 5:32 |
Luna | 5:57 |
Ella Baila Sola | 6:23 |
Antes De Ti | 6:35 |
Te siento mia | 5:42 |
Gritar | 5:25 |
Exclusivos | 3:07 |
Tu Corazon Lo Sabe | |
Volvera | 6:33 |
Sin darle amor | 7:47 |
Duele [Crazy] | 3:51 |
Tocando Fondo | 4:06 |
Sólo Déjate Amar | 3:41 |
Canción 3 | 5:13 |
Estrellas Rotas | 3:55 |
Este Frio | 4:10 |
Me Tienes De Cabeza [Remix] | |
Un Nuevo Mundo Sin Ti | 3:29 |
Duele | |
Cínico | 3:01 |
Sin Sentido | 3:14 |
Duele (Crazy) [Versión Salsa] | |
Núnca Sabrás | 3:49 |
Mi Dulce Niña [En Vivo] | 3:36 |
Tabaco Y Chanel [En Vivo] | 4:19 |
Aún Hay Algo / Tras De Mí [En Vivo] | 7:08 |
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