Artist.......: Mighty Popo Album........: Gakondo Label........: Borealis record Genre........: Ethnic Catnr........: Bcd210 source.......: CDDA rip.date.....: Feb-06-2012 str.date.....: Aug-23-2011 quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo Url..........: www.mightypopo.ca track title time 01. Gakondo 03:41 02. Urugendo 04:03 03. Kamananga 03:32 04. Impangaza 04:46 05. Impunga 06:17 06. Ngire Nte 06:24 07. Uw'ibuhoro 05:22 08. Rwatsinda 04:05 09. Nibarize 03:36 10. Rwampunga 05:09 Runtime 46:55 min Size 82,0 MB Release Notes: Gakondo means origins or tradition, and on this album, Popo has taken a journey to his Rwandan roots. Three ancient musical expressions intertwine to create the sound of the country of a thousand hills. Long ago, Intwatwa songs of the Batwa people mixed with powerful rhythmic Bahutu soundscapes and Batutsi pastoral melodies to form one dynamic musical tradition. Popo spent many months researching the origins and the intersection of these sounds, working with traditional musicians and learning about the rich poetry of the Royal Court or ôIbwamiö and instruments like the Inanga,with its shallow bowl carved out of wood and a single gut string woven back and forth across it, creating nine or more strings.