Malawi Mouse Boys have just been announced to perform at Womad Festival in the UK happening on 25th, 26th, 27th & 28th July!!!
http://womad.co.uk/media/tumblr-post/44132721514/gilberto-gil-rokia-traor-alice-russell-david-rodigan-mbe-and-more-revealed-for-womad-charlton-park-2013/
www.amazon.co.uk have made ‘He Is #1’ number 75 in their Top 100 Albums of 2012.
It’s the only world music title included in the list and is also in their 2 for £15 Christmas campaign. So why not get a few at a bargain price for presents this year - http://tiny.cc/ybusow
Malawi Mouse Boys ‘He Is #1’ is now available to order within the USA - http://cdbaby.com/cd/malawimouseboys
The eight members of the Malawi Mouse Boys mostly make a living selling barbecued mice-on-a-stick to passing travelers in Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries. Their guitars and percussion are handmade from scraps of wood and metal. But the songs on their album “He Is #1” (Independent Records Ltd./Proper Music) are insistently hopeful: devout, robust African gospel. In their music echoes of hymns have been Africanized; a hearty lead voice is soon joined and answered by precise choral harmonies. The songs, in the local language Chichewa or in English, are three-chord praises. Unfortunately the booklet translates only their titles (like “He Is Good” and “Going With Jesus”). The guitars don’t stay in tune, but the voices do. They’re remarkably steady and resolute, filled with spirit
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/arts/music/new-releases-from-calexico-bettye-lavette-and-astro.html?_r=0
LIBERATION newspaper in France state that Malawi Mouse Boys is “one of the most intriguing album and stricking album of this fall”
http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2012/09/14/les-souris-world-bougent-le-monde_846458
Order at least 3 CDs from www.irl.bigcartel.com and get a 20% discount when you add the word ‘world’ into the promo code box at checkout.
See the new Malawi Mouse Boys music video for NDINASANGALALA (“I Was Happy”) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aWUhwHxuRQ
Get an exclusive song for free from Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ulape-Confession/dp/B008E6D01I/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1343819955&sr=1-19
