Karibu Magazine July 2022 (updated)

Special Feature
From
page 9
THEM
MUSHROOMS
Accolades
• “Silver Disc” - 1982 for hit
song Jambo Bwana.
• “Gold Disc” - 1984 After
Jambo Bwana sales
topped the 100,000 units
mark.
• “Platinum Disc” – 1987,
when Jambo Bwana sales
topped 200,000 units.
• “The Battle Of
Kenyan Bands’
Trophy” –1987,
awarded after the band
was voted number one at
the battle of Kenyan bands
concert held in Nairobi.
• “Kenyan Singer/Artistes
Of The Year’runners-Up
Trophy” – 1989.
• Certificate - (from the
International Coalition to
BanLandmines) – 1998,
awarded for the band’s
anti-landmines song titled
“Toys Of Death”.
• “M-Net 2000 Award” –
January 2000, courtesy of
the South African M-NET
television channel. The
band was voted Kenya’s
most favourite band.
• “Kenyan Band Of
The Decade Trophy” -
February 2002, awarded
by the Kenya Music
Composers Association.
• “Best Aids Awareness
Song Runners – Up
Trophy” – February
2002, awarded for the
best AIDS awareness
song by the Kenya Music
Composers Association.
• “Kisima Awards” –
June 2004, for the best
group from Kenya’s Coast
(coastal music category).
• “Legends Award” –
October 2012 by Florida
Night Club, Nairobi
– Kenya.
• “Lifetime Achievement
Award” – November 2012
at the Coast Music Awards
•
1980 - “Jambo Bwana” single 1983 -
“Mama Africa”
1985 - “New Horizons” LP 1987 - “At
The Carnivore” LP 1988 - “Going
Places” LP 1989 - “Almost There” LP
Discography
1990 - “Where We Belong” LP
1991 - “Zilizopendwa 91” CD Album
1992 - “Zilizopendwa 92” CD Album
1996 - “Kazi Ni Kazi” CD Album 1997
- “Toys of Death” Single
1998 - “Ni Yiyo” CD Album
1998 – “Oh! Twalia” Single
1999 - “Jambo Bwana” CD Album
2000 – “Zilizopendwa 2000” CD
Album 2004 - “Uyoga” CD Album
2008 – “Medawase” CD Single
2009 – “Jaza Mwenyewe” CD Single
& video 2011 – “Zilizopendwa Raha”
CD Single
2012 – “Asanteni Mashabiki” CD
Single 2015 - “Ni Jumamosi” CD
Single
2021 - “Weebale Nnyo” CD Single
Tours
• Them
Mushrooms
has had
performances
in
• Dubai/Abu Dhabi/Al Ain
and Sharjah in the UAE
• Bujumbura in Burundi
• Arriccia in Italy
• Addis Ababa/Dire Dawa/
Woliso/Jimma and
Sodere in Ethiopia
• Djibouti city in Djibouti
• Copenhagen in Denmark
• Gaborone in Botswana
• Kampala in Uganda
• Zurich in Switzerland
• The Africa Centre in
London, Britain
• Mount Abu in India
• Manama in Bahrain
• Rabat in Morocco
• Mahe in Seychelles
• Dar-es-Salaam/
Arusha/Moshi in
Tanzania
• Athens in Greece.
When not touring other countries,
Them Mushrooms perform locally
adhering to a tight schedule of
between three to four shows a week.
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