Music:
Member Since: 4/5/2006
Band Members: Andy Robinson - tenor kalimba, percussion.
Richard Matthew - alto kalimba.
Bill Birney - keyboards, tapes.
Influences: This music is dedicated to the Shona mbira players of Zimbabwe. We like Chiwoniso, the Esso Trinidad Steel Band, 7th Wave, DAF, Einsturzende Neubauten, Michael Rother,Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosi, Steeleye Span. ------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------We also Like: EARLY MUSIC, ESTAMPIE, Ludwig Senfl, William Lawes, Henry Purcell, William Byrd, Music of the Waits, FRANCOIS COUPERIN, JS Bach, Ravel, Satie, Liszt, The Harp Consort, Johnny Otis, Esther Phillips, Mel Walker, JOHNNY BURNETTE and the Rock and Roll Trio, CARL PERKINS, Dale Hawkins, Eddie Cochran, All things Rockabilly, Brian Wilson, The PIRATES, 13th Floor Elevators/Roky, P-Funk, Abbey Lincoln, Etta James, Sam Cooke, The Move, Roy Wood, Fuse, The Nazz, Todd, KEVIN AYERS and the Whole World, Steve Marriott, GROUNDHOGS, Neil Innes, ROY HARPER, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Martin/Eliza Carthy, Syd Barrett, Egg, Gong, Thirsty Moon, NRBQ, FAMILY, Wayne Kramer, David Werner, Paley Brothers, CHRIS SPEDDING, Robt. Gordon, RORY GALLAGHER, Dan Hicks, VdGG, Ducks Deluxe, PUB ROCK, MX-80, Suicide, Dictators, Richard Lloyd, Paley Brothers, Robert Williams, Hawkwind, Motorhead, LEMMY, STIFF RECORDS, Ashley Hutchings, John Kirkpatrick, RICHARD THOMPSON, Essra Mohawk, Kate Bush, Au Pairs, The Passage, The Associates, PUNISHMENT OF LUXURY, Buzzcocks, Magazine, HOWARD DEVOTO, Stranglers, JUNE TABOR, MADDY PRIOR, Sandy Denny, Klaus Doldinger, Husker Du, FISHBONE, Mission of Burma, Blasters, The Mighty FALL, Robyn Hitchcock, New Bomb Turks, Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes, The Fletcher Pratt, Sleater-Kinney, Cotton Mather, THE LIBERTNES, The M's, HOUR OF THE WOLF, Life in Pictures, SACK-O'-WOES, LANE STEINBERG, Jill Sobule, Tift Merritt, Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Eleni Mandell, THE FAY VICTOR ENSEMBLE, and the fabulous NEKO CASE!
Sounds Like: Freshly laundered and starched percale. But never mind that. Here are the mighty Kalimba Kings, featuring Earthlings founder, Andy Robinson (in shades). http://www.myspace.com/kalimbakings
Type of Label: None
