Erica Azim's lyrics & chords

Erica Azim is a Californian who fell in love with Shona mbira music when she first heard it at the age of 16. After studying Shona music with Dumisani Maraire at the University of Washington for two years, she decided she had to learn to play the ancient Shona mbira played in ceremonies. She began to learn the instrument by ear, using taped mbira 45's and an mbira borrowed from a professor's shelf. Leaving her studies, Erica worked to save money for the journey to the opposite side of the earth. In 1974, Erica became one of the first non-Zimba...read more