There aren’t many artists from Malawi who have been able to make an impression in the West; this band has the energy to accomplish such a task.
The Sangalala AfroBlues Band represents a unique collaboration of Malawian musicians put together by an emerging artist named Kenny Gilmore Gilmore. Together they have created a new style of music which has captured the heart of the nation. They call it ‘AfroBlues’.
When Kenny Gilmore visited the UK in 2006 Xan Phillips interviewed him about the band, music in Malawi and the influences behind their latest album ‘Ngati Mafunde Mafunde’. The conversation is interspersed with three tracks: Musade Nkawa, Ngati Mafunde and Phwando.