Daniel Shirinda releases new album at 76
VETERAN musician Daniel Shirinda, who arguably cemented the popularity of Xitsonga traditional music, has released a CD at the age of 76.
GOING RATE: Daniel ShirindaShirinda, who has been recording since 1960, has recorded a CD titled 30000, which refers to the going rate for ilobolo these days.
"My age means nothing. I will sing until I go to the grave," Shirinda said yesterday, adding that he had been building the nation through music for a long time.
"I have recorded 764 songs in my career so far," Shirinda said.
Coincidentally, Shirinda, who was born in 1938, is also a traditional healer sharing his life with five wives and 44 children. Happy that things seem to be better for musicians playing various genres, he said in the 1960s it was hard to record his music as producers said it did not sell.
"When you approached a company at the time, they asked you: 'Are you playing pop, mba qanga, or soul?'
"If you said none of the above, then they would wonder what you played, and if you mentioned Xitsonga traditional music, they would shun you like the plague."
ApelMankotsana
Ijooo... 44 children...When i grew up we were told that there is a certain tree which Tsonga men plant at the back of their houses...when the tree grows, their vuvuzelas also grows. So the bigger the tree, the bigger the vuvuzela. The thicker the tree trunk...the thicker the vuvuzela...the shorter the tree...the shorter the vuvuzela.....Tsonga men please help me out on this one.Report Abuse
Lekwete
Tatane Xirinda cant you just sit down already,44 years,a mi ri busy hi nkari wa nwina nhe.Hope you took care of all of them,gape lena makwapa ga le tshepise......Report Abuse
Livelifemolefe
I do not recognise him.I do a lot of research on South African music, but hear of him for the first time today.
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ayifuni-WENA-leyo
76! you will die while u busy perfoming on stage, uthanda izinto nje!!!Report Abuse
Mbeva
@ApelMankotsana.I thought we are done with these sorts of naive stereotypes since exogamy(marriage between differences ethnic groups,tribes,languages and so forth) has been there for many decade.Go to the gym and look and it is advisable to enquire from ladies who are dating or who are married to Shangaans and get facts right. Anyway the fact remains, you will have some guys who are deprived and some gifted whenn it comes to vuvuzela s antionally and globally.Report Abuse
KingAfrika
Ntlemo, A hi General MD Shirinda loyi? Why don't you use his stage name, at least that how some us know him.Report Abuse
Ha-Mpofu
Sowetan, you cannot even count properly a person born in 1938 is 74 years old not 76......Report Abuse