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'''Andrew Ballad Mutale Zulu''' ('''Ballad Zulu''') is a [[Zambia]]n singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and economist.<ref>{{Citation
'''Andrew Ballad Mutale Zulu''' ('''Ballad Zulu''') is a [[Zambia]]n singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and economist.  
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  | title = Ballad Zulu: Economist-cum-musician
  | newspaper = [[Times of Zambia]]
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Ballad was born on 17 November 1968.
Ballad was born on 17 November 1968. He was born in a home full of musical instruments. When he was born, his older siblings had already been conscripted into the art. He has also developed a reputation of being a reclusive artiste, rarely giving interviews and rarely performing live. <ref name=africa>[http://musicinafrica.net/directory/ballad-zulu Music in Africa: Ballad Zulu]</ref>


==Music career==
==Music career==
His music career is punctuated by long periods of silence. He has also developed a reputation of being a reclusive artiste, rarely giving interviews and rarely performing live. His music style has been described as a fusion of traditional Zambian music, [[pop music|pop]], [[afro beat]] and [[folk music|folk]].<ref>''Post Newspaper'' August 2005</ref>  
His music career is punctuated by long periods of silence. He has also developed a reputation of being a reclusive artiste, rarely giving interviews and rarely performing live. His music style has been described as a fusion of traditional Zambian music, pop, afro beat and music.<ref>''Post Newspaper'' August 2005</ref>  


==Discography==
==Discography==
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==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Zambian singers]]
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Andrew Ballad Mutale Zulu (Ballad Zulu) is a Zambian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and economist.

Early life

Ballad was born on 17 November 1968. He was born in a home full of musical instruments. When he was born, his older siblings had already been conscripted into the art. He has also developed a reputation of being a reclusive artiste, rarely giving interviews and rarely performing live. [1]

Music career

His music career is punctuated by long periods of silence. He has also developed a reputation of being a reclusive artiste, rarely giving interviews and rarely performing live. His music style has been described as a fusion of traditional Zambian music, pop, afro beat and music.[2]

Discography

  • "Cook On (Woman of Truth)" (1990).
  • "Welako" (1994)
  • "Step Mother" (2002)
  • "Tipange Banja" (2005)
  • "Experience" (2008)

References

  1. Music in Africa: Ballad Zulu
  2. Post Newspaper August 2005