Ladysmith Black Mambazo
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Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (1960 – present)
It has been almost twenty years since Paul Simon made his initial trip to South Africa and met Joseph Shabalala, and the other members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, in a recording studio in Johannesburg. Having listened to a cassette of their music sent by a DJ based in Los Angeles, Simon was captivated by the stirring sound of bass, alto and tenor harmonies. Simon incorporated the traditional sounds of black South Africa into the Graceland album, a project regarded by many as seminal to today’s explosive interest in World music
’60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences of African American R&B, jazz, and blues into their traditional, indigenous music. New styles such as township jazz, pennywhistle street music, Kwela, and marabi were formed. Eventually, these myriad styles coalesced to create a new hybrid pop music that came to be known as mbaqanga. Though mbaqanga employs the traditional instrumentation of Western pop (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals), the approach to song structure and rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic phrasing is uniquely African.
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Shaka Zulu
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends
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In Harmony
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Looking forward to the performance in Belfast for Belfast Music Week.
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Música Hermosa!
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Erm, hello people??!! Ladysmith Black Mambazo, at THE HEXAGON??!! Cheap tickets, going to be AMAZING!
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CGholy
Beautiful music.
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jackacorney
Seen them live...they were amazing!
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SonOfThirteen
man this is some real music. stunning... a breath of fresh air as someone said. was blown away by their performance in the opening ceremony of the world cup. liking them more with each listen
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музыка от Бога
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THE BEST OF THE BEST.......
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Glad to discover this fantastic choir here. Please help us to have some of your tittles to promote your ministry on our radio. We have a very special episode for the Gospel Choirs. Be free to visit our website: http://www.franckradio.podomatic.com. God bless you !
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The best of the best!
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the powerful black axe! Just awesome! Graceland
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такие клёвые!!!
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SJsharkBRAT
I was first introduced to this group as a kid when watching them do the alphabet song on Sesame Street. Then I saw them in concert in middle or was it high school. Simply hypnotically relaxing and amazing!!
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