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====Zamrock==== [[Zamrock]] is a musical genre that emerged in the 1970s, and has developed a cult following in the West. Zamrock has been described as mixing traditional Zambian music with heavy repetitive riffs similar to groups such as [[Jimi Hendrix]], [[James Brown]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[The Rolling Stones|Rolling Stones]], [[Deep Purple]], and [[Cream (band)|Cream]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/salt-thunder-mind-altering-rock-1970s-zambia|title=Salt & thunder: The mind-altering rock of 1970s Zambia|date=11 December 2015|work=Music in Africa|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708135232/https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/salt-thunder-mind-altering-rock-1970s-zambia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/22/zamrock-zambia-music-rerelease|title=Why Zamrock is back in play|last1=S|first1=Henning Goranson|last2=Press|first2=berg for Think Africa|date=22 July 2013|website=the Guardian|access-date=25 May 2017|last3=Network|first3=part of the Guardian Africa|archive-date=22 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222003159/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/22/zamrock-zambia-music-rerelease|url-status=live}}</ref> Notable groups in the genre include [[Rikki Ililonga]] and his band [[Musi-O-Tunya]], [[Witch (Zamrock band)|WITCH]], [[Chrissy "Zebby" Tembo]], and [[Paul Ngozi]] and his Ngozi Family.<ref name="azambianband">{{cite web | url=http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/7/were-a-zambian-band | title=We're a Zambian Band | publisher=theappendix.net | access-date=26 August 2014 | archive-date=3 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903054502/http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/7/were-a-zambian-band | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">[http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5657 WITCH] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035049/http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/5657 |date=14 September 2017 }} on Dusted Magazine (15 April 2010)</ref>
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