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Sam Tshabalala: Returning Home
by Seton Hawkins
The late 1970s saw a surge of extraordinary musical creativity in South Africa. Driven in part by a changing political climate reflecting the youth-led Soweto uprising of 1976, a younger generation of South African artists harnessed the arts to give voice to a new chapter in the anti-apartheid struggle. Indeed, rising ensembles like Movement ...
Freshlyground Announces Debut North American tour
Zulu Double Stops and Cape Town Grooves: Freshlyground Bursts With the Bright Sound of South Africa on Debut North American Tour, June-July, 2011 Zulu folk fiddle and Xhosa poetry. Rebel reggae bass and Afropop guitar. Thumb piano and vintage delay. And's that's just one track. Beyond eclecticism for its own sake, the seven-piece, multi-generational, and multi-ethnic ...