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Them Mushrooms: The making of an African sound

Them Mushrooms band. (Courtesy)

On a rather chilly Wednesday afternoon, John Katana, the leader of Kenya’s legendary music band Them Mushrooms, sips a cup of steaming tea as we set up for a rare interview.

It’s been years since the band hosted a journalist. Almost six years, that before one of the founding members George Zirro passed on five years ago.

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