“My Foolish Heart” by Bhundu Boys

"My Foolish Heart" sits on True Jit, the 1987 album that took Zimbabwe's Bhundu Boys into Power Plant Studios in London, with an international release following in 1988. Keyboard man Shakie Kangwena wrote it, and five voices share the singing: Kangwena, guitarists Rise Kagona and Biggie Tembo, bassist David Mankaba and drummer Kenny Chitsvatsva.

Robin Millar produced, with Norman Mighell engineering, and the sessions came with compromises. The band broke their vow to sing only in Shona and cut some songs in English, then later rued how much of the sound they had let the label dictate. Critics heard South African jive and West African soukous folded in with the light, trilling guitars and shuffling rhythms, and Robert Christgau grumbled that they were bending over backwards for crossover but granted they still weren't half bad. A North American tour followed.

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