Bra Sello & His Band – Soul Time Nzimande Go
This collection of funky stuff from South Africa was released back in May, but it just now found its way to me. With all the fantastic compilations of soulful music out of Africa in the 1960s & 1970s rolling around these days, it seems like South Africa has been out of the mix a bit. Thankfully Strut records is filling the gap with this collection of 22 tracks from 1969-1976. My favorite of the bunch, Bra Sello & his Band’s “Soul Time Nzimande Go,” reminds me of several US soul releases, “Soul Finger” and “Hip-Hug-Her” being the two that most quickly come to mind, but seems like there is another one or two mixed up in there as well. Regardless of the sources, what’s important is how it all comes together and it comes together mighty mighty fine, not just on Bra Sello’s track, but all throughout volume 2 of this series.