Nokuthula

About

Nokuthula, based in Nederland, Colorado, plays contemporary and traditional Afro-pop fusion dance music from Zimbabwe, South Africa and beyond.  The band’s roots are in Zimbabwean-style marimba and mbira, but its music is also influenced by jazz, blues, Latin, Afro-Cuban, Haitian, and other world music. Nokuthula's music is joyous, energetic and upbeat with driving rhythms and mesmerizing vocals.  A Nokuthula performance takes one on a musical journey and includes 1,000 year old traditional mbira songs, jazz-influenced township music and popular dance songs of South Africa, controversial anti-war music of Zimbabwe, traditional Cuban and West African drum songs, contemporary Zimbabwean compositions, Mozambican folk music, and a hint of American jazz.