Kukuva Marimba
Life is Good
© 2000 Kukuva Marimba (737885314921)
CD permanently out of stock. Sorry!
World dance music infused with vibrant energy
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- 1 Yadiloh
- 2 Rugare I
- 3 Shauriako
- 4 Chemutengure
- 5 Maimbo
- 6 Mhondoro
- 7 Joe's Song
- 8 Muti Wambuya
- 9 Manhanga
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Portland Oregon-based Kukuva performs world dance music that is a vibrant blend of African influences. Captivating audiences with their complex rhythms and exuberant energy, Kukuva brings listeners to their feet to dance. Kukuva performs on beautiful hand-made instruments that produce warm wooden tones. Kukuva's ensemble is composed of soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass marimba, hand drums, and other ethnic instruments.
Together since the early 1990's, Kukuva is now 12 years old. A mainstay of the Pacific Northwest worldbeat music scene, Kukuva has performed at a wide variety of events and venues. Performance highlights include the Zimbabwe Music Festival (Seattle and Victoria BC), Newport Brew Festival (Newport, OR), Sand in the City (Portland, OR), and their self-produced Cosmic Marimba performance series. Other performance venues have included numerous colleges, civic events, city park concerts, theater and coffeehouse concerts, pubs, weddings, corporate and private parties. Kukuva has also donated performances to benefit many non-profit organizations and public schools.
Kukuva's debut CD Life is Good has received rave reviews and national sales. Nearly 1,000 copies of have been sold since it's release in January 2000. The project was recorded and mixed by Drew Canulette at Downstream Studios (Portland, OR). The CD is available in Pacific Northwest area stores and at CDBaby.com.
Kukuva current lineup consists of Phyllis Chones-Colvett, Dave Folts, Robert Gerding, Deb Lippoldt, Gordon Moyer, Karen Twain, and Nick Weitzer.
Contact: Gordon Moyer
Phone: (503)293-4942
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Kukuva Marimba: Live Out Loud
author: Karentoo bad it is no longer available - nice beat and tones
great CD!
author: EmilyGreat recording! What happened to Vic and Cathie, are they still with the group?
Mayan music lives in other places awesome!!!!!!
author: Eddie Ethe music is great....... It's beatiful :) :)
like the cd a lot. i hope i do not waer it out.
author: Jimi like it a lot and i hope i do not waer it out playing it.it is sound's that go good and you can hear all the sound's.
I LOVE it!!
author: Diane EmordYour CD is EXCELLENT! I just love the energy of the music. Life IS good.
Xlnt recording, good chops, nice original songs, great percussion!
author: RockAfrika, West Los AngelesWe've been fans of this awesome group for years and have also been impressed at the longevity of its membership. This makes for a very good and consistent sound due to the band's low turnover. If you want to enjoy some songs that are outside the usual top-40 Shona repertoire, this disc is a real treat. Yadoloh, Joe Song, Rugare I and Shauriako are numbers that you simply won't hear anywhere else. Earlier members Brice (percussion) and Susan (marimba and hosho) are not mentioned on the site, but they both made a great contribution to the CD when it was recorded. We also like the use of buttery-sounding congas on the CD, instead of the djembe's sharp rings that are far too often included in Shona music. We're hoping the band will come to LA one of these days!