Blending African & Scandinavian Music
MALVEAUX: All right, here's what happens when you take traditional songs from Zimbabwe, you blend them in with Scandinavian jazz, you get Monoswezi. Take a listen.</s>MALVEAUX: Monoswezi hails from countries all over the globe, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Norway and Sweden. The group's newest album called "The Village" hits stores today. Well, we've got three members in the house of Monoswezi joining us via Skype from Oslo, Norway. Hallvard Godal, Hope Masika and Calu Tsemane. I hope I got all of your names right. You guys look so happy, first of all. I've got to tell you. In the video, I've never seen a group happier to play a song. Just tell me how you got together in the first place. I mean you guys are from all over the world.</s>HALLVARD GODAL, SAXOPHONIST, MONOSWEZI: Yes. It started in 2008 where I lived and worked in</s>MALVEAUX: So you guys all met at an exchange program, a cultural exchange program, and ten you figured out that you had this love for music. Tell me how that happened. Did you start playing music for each other or how did you actually fuse all these different types of musical selections together?</s>GODAL: When I came to Mozambique, I started listening to traditional music from Mozambique. And</s>MALVEAUX: And what about the other two? What about you guys? Jump in. Don't be shy.</s>HOPE MASIKA, SINGER/PERCUSSIONIST, MONOSWEZI: OK. Well, jump in. When I was in Norway and I was in</s>MALVEAUX: And tell me about the instrument you play, because it's very unique. It's the</s>MASIKA: Well, you would be amazed. Now it's getting quite fashionable, actually, to find young women playing this type of</s>MALVEAUX: All right. Well, we know that the band name, it translates into "one world" and that you -- that that -- your music reflects that. We'll be looking for your album that drops today. We appreciate your time. And congratulations to all of you. Thanks again. Good to have you.</s>GODAL: Thank you.</s>CALU TSEMANE, MONOSWEZI: Thank you.</s>MALVEAUX: Baseball, not just an American past time. We're going to take you to Cuba, of course, where former major leaguer was finally allowed to return to his native land, after being banned for a decade. Hear what he has to say about seeing his brother for the first time in 10 years.