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An ode to the xylophone, and its older sibling the marimba. There may also be some glockenspiel tossed in there. Used across genres from classical compositions to jazz to all manner of Rock & Roll. It can be haunting. It can be jovial. It's the picture that goes up for X when kids learn their ABCs.
"Soweto" is a vibrant, synth-heavy pop style that dominated South Africa's black urban townships in the 1980s. To apartheid censors it sounded like innocent, lightweight dance music — but underneath ran deep currents of political resistance.