The NEST Presents: Legacy
Legacy is the culmination of a challenge we gave to young Kenyan singers to cover eight Kenyan pop songs released before the year 2010. From classics like Nameless and Amani’s “Ninanoki” which ushered in a new wave of Kenyan contemporary pop music, to the tongue-in-cheek hip-hop commentary of K-South and Fundi Frank’s “Ndai” the seven participating singers have recreated and re-imagined these eight songs to discover how our musical past is influencing the future.
PLAYLIST
Ndai with Lisa Oduor-Noah
Inspired by “Ndai”, originally performed by K-South and Fundi Frank (2004)
Sweet Love with Pauline Ayuko
Originally performed by Wahu (2008)
Wachilia with Winnie Chris
Originally performed by VQee (2010)
Ninanoki with Silas Miami and Winnie Chris
Originally performed by Nameless and Amani (2001)
Hakuna Matata with Patricia Kihoro
Originally performed by Swahili Nation (1996)
Niwe Wako Milele with Diana Nduba
Originally performed by Nikki (2008)
Mwewe with Jarel Nduba
Originally performed by Sema (2005)
Prayer with Miami Silas
Originally performed by Harry Kimani (2005)
The album is available as a free download on Bandcamp.
Many thanks go to the kind creators of these songs for allowing their younger contemporaries and fans to cover their songs for this project. Many thanks also go to our seven participating singers for their infectious enthusiasm. We’re looking forward to many more music projects in the months to come!
>via: http://www.becauseartislife.org/blog/19/9/2013-the-nest-presents-legacy