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“Waile“ – taken from the new ‘Waile’ 7”, out January 27, 2023. A visual essay capturing the intimate and riotous moments from WITCH’s first three tours of 2022 in the US, EU and UK – shot, directed, and edited by Gio Arlotta. “Waile” is WITCH’s first original material since 1984, as well as the band’s first release with co-founder and vocalist Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda since 1977. “‘Waile’ was one of the songs that I brought to the WITCH when I joined in 1978. While it was played live often back in the day, it was never recorded until the new formation of the band picked it up 43 years later during a rehearsal on an island in Kenya, where the band embraced it and made it their own. A few months after that, they gave it a new lease of life by recording it in Lusaka’s legendary DB Studios. Sang in my native language Luvale, the subject matter is a nostalgic wailing for home of ancient African tribes that would eventually settle in Zambia.” – Patrick Mwondela https://wit
