As a kid, I remembered going through my mother's stack of Christmas albums around Christmas and gazing at this exotic, green covered album that contained some of the most bizarre Christmas music I had ever heard.
When she told me this was how children in Africa celebrated Christmas, I nodded my head and still thought it was strange music. This album was seldom played at our house growing up.
Flash forward to 2006. One of my wife's relatives gave me her entire collection of albums and included in that stack was her copy of this album. So I listened again and I appreciated the drumbeats, the style of singing, and the pure joy in the voices that were celebrating Christmas.
Then my kids entered the room and wondered what the mysterious noises from the turntable were... the circle of life indeed.
Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudonin - Christmas In The Congo
Happy listening...
Capt
6 comments:
When I was a kid, my parents had the other album by Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin, "Missa Luba" and I remember that being on all the time. Maybe it was because it was so unusual that I grew to love it. I never knew that the Troubadors had made a Christmas album; thank you for posting this!
Stormy - You're welcome!
Capt
Did you pull the link for this download? I sure would like to hear this. Thank you for sharing, I love so much of what you post. Paul
Dear Captain:
I tried to download this music but "Error" is the register I get. It might have expired. Could you please re-post it so I can enjoy this great music. Thanks a lot. Best wishes.
Ronnie
Dear Captain:
I was able to downloaded the album already. Great music! Thanks a lot. Best wishes.
Ronnie
Loading as we speak. Thank you, love very unusual Christmas/Holiday music. PW
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