Until Malawi Mouse Boys' 'He Is #1' we had never heard a note of music from Malawi and now for the second time in a just a few weeks an album from that southern African nation lands on our desk. Before we travel to Malawi again, we have to make a little detour to Jamaica. Anyone who knows anything about Jamaican music history knows the important role the Alpha Boys School played. Founded in 1880 by the Irish Catholic Sisters of Mercy, the school, specializing in taking care of wayward or neglected boys, turned out many of the best musicians on the island. "That's all very interesting, but what does it have to do with 'Tumbuka Voices'?" I hear you ask. Well, this album is the first release of the Umoza Children's Programme (in Tumbuka "umoza" means "togetherness"), a project with goals very similar to those of Alpha Boys School in Jamaica, created by a number of Irish brothers of the order of St. John of God, who, by offering, among other things, a musical education, try to give Malawian street children a chance of a better future. 'Tumbuka Voices' was co-produced by Justin 'JuJu' Adams and of course, all proceeds of the album go directly to the school. Much more than the typical South African chants (we also know from bands like Ladysmith Black Mambazo) supplemented with rudimentary percussion and rhythmic hand clapping 'Tumbuka Voices' doesn't offer, but in all its simplicity this music is still contagious.