Mashombe Blue Jeans Explained

Mashombe Blue Jeans
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Livingstone, Zambia
Genre:	Kalindula
Years Active:	2000 - Present

Mashombe Blue Jeans is one of a number of kalindula ensembles from the Southern Province of Zambia. Like other kalindula groups, they sing and play a style of Zambian music that blends traditional with modern musical materials.

Their reputation has received a considerable boost from their association with the Tonga Music Festival^[1] sponsored by Chikuni Radio Station and they have released a number of cassettes as a result of their collaboration with the station.^[2] Like other popular Zambian groups, Mashombe Blue Jeans has also made appearances at the Ngoma Music Awards, Zambia's main music award ceremony.^[3]

The Livingstone-based group has received news coverage in almost all Zambia's national newspapers and even received mention in the National Assembly of Zambia in 2004.^[4]

References

1. http://www.thezambian.com/tmf/ Tonga Music Festival (2003). Retrieved 15 May 2007.
2. https://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=20797 Kalaluka, Mwala (2007). "Mashombe: South music power-house".
3. http://www.langmead.com/cgi-bin/archfile.cgi?name=feature2&magazine=beauty&issue=m105 "Drum Roll of Honour: The Ngoma Awards Ceremony".
4. http://www.parliament.gov.zm/press/news/viewnews.cgi?category=1&id=1101900732 Daily Parliamentary Debates for the Third Session of the Ninth Assembly of the Zambian Parliament.