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Blind street musicians…

8th Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

A 3-minute field recording by radio continental drift made in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe on 29 October 2012, in the morning. Soundscape: streets & traffic, crowds & voices and street music & buskers.

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Blind street musicians…
3:02CC BY-SA 3.0by radio continental driftInternet Archive
3:02
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Recordist's notes

This recording I still traced sleeping in my archive shall sound-out a memorial for Gertrude and her husband, the artists with their “feet-in-city”. I had earlier found this notice on Mthabisi Phili’s “Voices in Colour” page on FB. “Just heard, she passed away in May. Her name was Gertrude, used to play with her blind husband outside Pioneer House in Bulawayo. I did the Feet-in-the-City series for Voices in Colour: connecting contemporary cultures when I spotted the Duo. You had your feet in that city 24/7, Gertrude. RIP” http://voicesincolour.wordpress.com archived at: https://archive.org/details/Voices_from_Bulawayo_818

Written by radio continental drift on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Bulawayo is a city of about 665,952 people in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. OttoAnna lists 39 field recordings from here.

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