Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Nicole C Mullen - The Best Of Nicole C. Mullen - 2006


01.Redeemer
02.Black, White, Tan
03.Message For Ya
04.Call On Jesus
05.On My Knees
06.Shooby  
07.Freedom
08.Bye Bye Brianna
09.Without You
10.Always Love You (Soundtrack Version)
11.I Am
12.Baby Girl
13.Music Of My Heart
14.Come Unto Me
15.Talk About It
16.Redeemer (Live Version)
17.Call On Jesus (Live Version

Nicole C Mullen - Everyday People - 2004


01.Everyday People
02.I Am
03.Message for You
04.This This
05.Music of My Heart
06.Bye Bye Brianna
07.Dancin' in the Rain
08.The One
09.Gon' Be Free
10.Without You
11.Deity
12.It's About Us
13.Valorie
14.Every Nation

Nicole C Mullen - Live From Cincinnati Bringin It Home - 2003


01.Intro/Talk About It
02.Color
03.Freedom
04.Call on Jesus
05.Baby Girl
06.The Ring
07.Black, White, Tan
08.Homemade
09.Music of My Heart
10.On My Knees
11.Reedeemer
12.Victory
13.Shooby
14.Witness
15.O Come All Ye Faithful/Outro

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Nicole C Mullen - Christmas In Black And White - 2002


01.Christmas in Black and White
02.Lamb of God
03.365
04.The Christmas Song
05.Sacred Night (Away in a Manger)
06.God's Own Son
07.Merry Christmas, Baby
08.Gifts from You
09.St. Nick's Groove
10.Sing, Angels, Sing (Hark theHerald Angels Sing)
11.Angels, We Have Heard on High
12.O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

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Nicole C Mullen - Talk Abolt It - 2001


01.All Aboard
02.Talk About It (Say So)
03.Baby Girl
04.Call on Jesus
05.#27
06.Let Me Go
07.Witness
08.Come Unto Me
09.I Can't Believe
10.The Ring
11.Sometimes
12.Jas Class
13.Black Light
14.When Heaven Calls

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Nicole C Mullen - Nicole C. Mullen - 2000


01.Ready for This (Intro)/Shooby
02.Butterfly
03.Farewell/Party Over Here
04.Granny's Angel
05.Family Tree
06.Blowin' Kisses/Love Divine
07.Redeemer
08.Black, White, Tan
09.Freedom
10.Homemade
11.Color
12.On My Knees

Monday, May 4, 2015

FRANKLIN BOUKAKA MWANAMUZIKI ALIYEUWAWA KWA SABABU YA SIASA



FRANKLIN  alikuwa mtoto wa mwanamuziki Aubin Boukaka wa kundi la "The Gaiety ", na mkewe Yvonne Ntsatouabaka aliyekuwa MC maarufu  kwenye misiba na pia alikuwa mwanamuziki muimbaji.  François Boukaka aliyekuja julikana kama Franklin alizaliwa tarehe  10 Oktoba, 1940. Yeye ndie alikuwa mtoto wa kwanza katika familia ya watoto wanane wavulana watatu na wasichana watano. Elimu yake yote aliipata katika shule mbalimbali nchini kwake Congo Brazzaville. Franklin  alianza mambo ya muziki 1955 katika kundi lililojiita Sexy Jazz lililoongozwa na Miguel Samba, baadae akaanzisha kundi la Negro Band. Hatimae katika safari yake ya muziki akaungana na wakali wengine kama  Edo Clary Lutula, Jeannot Bombenga, Tabu Ley , Mutshipile "Casino", André Kambite " Damoiseau ",  Papa Bouanga, Charles Kibongue katika lile kundi maarufu la African Jazz, sauti ya Franklin imo katika nyimbo kama  Mwana mawa , Catalina cha cha na Marie José zilizotungwa na Tabu Ley. Mwaka 1959 kundi la African Jazz lilimeguka baada ya wanamuziki wengine walipohamia Brussels wakifuatana na wanasiasa wa Kongo kwenye mazungumzo ya awali ya uhuru wa Kongo. Wanamuziki wote waliobaki akiwemo Jeannot Bombenga,  kasoro Tabu Ley wakajiunga na kuanzisha kundi jingine lililotingisha Africa lililoitwa Vox Africa, Franklin Boukaka na Jeannot Bombenga wakiimba. Baada ya hapo Franklin akaaliacha kundi hili na kurudi kwao Brazzaville ambako  1962 akawa mmoja wa wanamuziki wa Cercul Jazz, band iliyoanza miaka ya 50 ikiwa chini ya chama cha vijana kilichokuwa kikipata ufadhili wa serikali ya Ufaransa, chama hicho kiliitwa Cercule Culturel de Bacongo.  Hatimae Boukaka alikuja kuwa kiongozi wa chama hiki na kikawa na umaarufu wa mkubwa. Wimbo wa bendi hiyo "Pont Sur le Congo" (Daraja juu ya Mto Congo), wimbo ambao ulikuwa una hamasisha kuunganika kwa Congo Kinshasa na  Kongo Brazzaville baada ya nchi hizo kupata uhuru. Wimbo uliopata umaarufu kuliko nyimbo zote za bendi hiyo. Baadaye Franklin akiwa na gitaa lake kavu akaanzisha kikundi ambacho kilikuwa na wapiga marimba wawili akaweza kufanya ziara kadhaa hata nje ya nchi yake na kundi hili. Mwaka 1970 ndipo Boukaka  alipo rekodi nyimbo 12 zilizopangwa vyombo na Manu Dibango na hapo ndipo nyimbo Nakoki na Le Bucheron zilipopatikana. Baada ya hapo Franklin alijiunga na wenzie waliotaka kuipindua serikali ya Congo Brazzaville wakati huo ikiwa chini ya Rais Marien Ngouabi(aliyetuletea suti za Ngwabi). Jaribio hilo lililofanyika tarehe 22 February 1972 lilishindwa na siku chache baadae kifo cha Boukaka kilitangazwa.