Madalitso Band, the duo of Babatoni player, Yobu Maligwa, and guitarist, Josefe Kalekeni, returns home today from their European tour which saw them holding 11 gigs.
\nThe group, which performed at the Sauti Za Busara in Tanzania last year, dominated headlines with their performances, left the country on November 20.
\nThey held seven shows in Sweden, one in France and three in Switzerland.
\nThis was the duo\u2019s first outing in Europe where, according to their manager Emmanuel Kamwenje, they earned praise.
\n\u201cThey are coming back tomorrow [today].They had super shows. In some places, they want them back next year. In Switzerland, they performed in a church and it was a company that organised the concert and they also want them back,\u201d Kamwenje said.
\nThe group travelled to Europe with co-manager Neil Nayar.
\n\u201cThey had one show in Lyon, France, and several promoters there were impressed with their sound. They actually have received offers for big festivals in Denmark and, as such, it was a successful tour for them,\u201d he said.
\nNayar said it was a fruitful trip and that the duo is looking forward to more opportunities.
\n\u201cThey are a simple band which has discovered its potential,\u201d Nayar said.
\nThe duo met in 2007 at Mtandire in Lilongwe before the formation of Madalitso Band.
\nThey have an album to their credit titled Fungo La Nyemba, produced at Sterling Studio in Lilongwe in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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