Obituary: Rise Kagona (1960-2024) | Songlines
Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Obituary: Rise Kagona (1960-2024)

By Nigel Williamson

The joyous, spiralling guitar playing of Rise Kagona helped to make the jit jive of the Bhundu Boys one of the glories of the 1980s world music boom.

Jit Jive Aug23 025 (Zul Bhatia)

Photo by Zul Bhatia (Courtesy of Andy Cooke)

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