Tanzania | Popular music

Tanzania has no music industry deserving the name. Those recordings available in the so-called ‘recording houses’ in Dar’s Kariakoo area, or pirated on the Kenyan market, are mostly tapes from Radio Tanzania or cassette recordings self-produced by the musicians. Many are of terrible quality. If you are in Kenya look for the Ahadi label. They have about 50 cassettes of Tanzanian dance band material, from the latest Radio Tanzania recordings to oldies. Polygram (Kenya) and its successor Tamasha have re-released cassette compilations of Tanzanian songs from the late 1960s and ’70s.

CD - Music from Tanzania and Zanzibar 1 & 2
Caprice, Sweden

Recorded by the Swedish Concert Institute in Dar Es Salaam, Dodoma, and Zanzibar in 1996, these recordings present performances by (mostly) government sponsored cultural and dance troupes, plus some pieces by graduates from the Bagamoyo College of Arts.

Star CD - Muziki wa Dansi: Afropop Hits from Tanzania
Africassette, US

Recorded by Radio Tanzania in the 1980s at the height of Tanzanian dance band sophistication, this release features some of the ... // 84% Remaining