Sing Me a Song (album)

Sing Me a Song
Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1993
GenreWorld music, African music
Miriam Makeba chronology
Eyes on Tomorrow
(1991)
Sing Me a Song
(1993)
Homeland
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[1]

Sing Me a Song is a 1993 album by Miriam Makeba. It was her first album recorded in South Africa, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana.[2][3]

Track listing

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  1. Sing Me a Song
  2. Bass Rap
  3. N'Diarabi
  4. Moody Moods
  5. Thula Mntanami
  6. Generation Rap
  7. Known Unsung Hero
  8. I Long to Return
  9. Serenade Me
  10. Bambarana
  11. Choo Choo Train / Shuku Shuku
  12. Ivory Song
  13. My People
  14. Laktushona Ilanga
  15. Good Grunge
  16. Prendre Un Enfant

References

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  1. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Billboard - Apr 30, 1994 - Page 89 She explains the title of her album, "Sing Me A Song" on RPM Records, as the final transition from her years in exile to establishing a home in South Africa. "
  3. ^ Miriam Makeba, Nomsa Mwamuka Makeba: The Miriam Makeba Story 2004 - Page 222- "Then just before the celebration of our newly found independence I did my album Sing Me a Song. I recorded Sing Me a Song, my first album recorded at home, in a studio in Mmabatho, Bophuthatswana. The message of the album was a message of hope and peace. The era had arrived for the miraculous day of April 27th 1994."