Tony Bird (umuririmbyi-umwanditsi w'indirimbo)

Anthony Bird, uzwi cyane ku izina rya Tony Bird (1945 - 17 Mata 2019) yari umunyaMalawi wavukiye muri Afurika y'Epfo umuririmbyi n’umuhanzi w’indirimbo zo mu njyana ya folk rock azwiho amajwi ya Dylanesque ndetse n'indirimbo ze zivuga ubuzima mu gihe cy'ubukoloni muri Afurika kugeza mu gihe cyo kurwanya ubukoloni.

Ubuzima

Tony Bird yavukiye kandi akurira mu cyahoze ari umuwa w'ubukoloni wa Zomba muri Nyasaland (ubu ni Malawi ) muri Afurika y'amajyepfo. Mu 1970 yimukiye i Cape Town aho yakoreye ibitaramo bye bya mbere wenyine ahitwa Space Theatre. Imiterere yihariye ya Bird yavuzweho neza n'abanyamakuru baho ndetse n'abamamaza. Yanditse alubumu ebyiri mu myaka ya za 1970, izina rya Tony Bird (1976) na Bird of Paradise (1978). Mu myaka ya za 1980 Inyoni yimukiye i Londres maze akora ibitaramo bizenguruka ku rwego mpuzamahanga hamwe na Ladysmith Black Mambazo, wanditse indirimbo ye "Go Willie Go". Mu mpera za 1980 Birdi yatuye burundu mu mujyi wa New York. Mu 1990 Inyoni yafashe amajwi y'alubumu ye yagarukanye yitwa Sorry Africa, kuri Rounder Records muri Amerika na Mountain Records m'uburayi na Afrika. Iyi alubumu yafatiwe amajwi mu ruganda rwa Chocolate i Londres kandi igaragaramo abacuranzi b'abashyitsi nk'ucuranga gitari witwa Arlen Roth na José Neto . Sorry Africa irimo imwe mu ndirimbo zizwi cyane za Bird, nka "Mango Time", isobanura umunezero w'imyembe yeze, rimwe mu mwaka. Jon Herman yavuze ku muziki wa Boston Phoenix acoustic yigeze kuvuga ko Bird afite "ijwi ryo kuri Mars."

Bird yapfuye ku ya 17 Mata 2019 nyuma y'intambara yarwanye na kanseri.

Discography

Album

• Tony Bird ( CBS, 1976)
• Bird of Paradise ( Columbia, 1978)
• Sorry Africa (Rounder, 1990)

Indirimbo

• "She Cam from the Karoo" / "Old Man's Song" (CBS, 1976)
• "Song of the Long Grass" / "Grinding Stone" (CBS, 1976)
• "Bird of Paradise" / "The Cape of Flowers" (CBS, 1978)
• "She Loves Someone" / "The Cape of Flowers" (CBS, 1976)