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Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Long Walk to Freedom
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's fitting that the third track of Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Long Walk to Freedom was co-written by Joseph Shabala, the group's lead singer, founder and musical director, and American pop star Paul Simon. About twenty years ago, Simon introduced this South African group to the pop world on Graceland. With Emmylou Harris providing a Simon-like lead ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Long Walk to Freedom
by Jim Santella
The vocal call and response of Ladysmith Black Mambazo traces our world's civilizations from the very beginning. As a form of communication, singing has accompanied the advancement of societies far and wide. Our ancestors undoubtedly found it as pleasurable as we do. With a cappella singing providing a natural delight that cannot be replaced by modern ...
No Boundaries
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2005
Track listing: Jabulani-Rejoice; Homeless; Amu Wemadoda; Amazing Grace; Dona Nobis Pacem; Ngingenwe Emoyeni (Wind of the Spirit of God); Umzuzu Nayi Ujesu; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Sanctus (Heilig, Heilig, Heilig); Ave Verum Corpus; Lifikile Ivangeli; Walil' Umtwana (The Child is Crying).
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries
by C. Michael Bailey
Sonically stunning, No Boundaries is a brave experiment in the dissolution of one culture in another that is only modestly successful. Ladysmith alone or the English Chamber Orchestra alone would work well, but more often than not, together they are unconvincing, a genre stretching effort (ill) conceived in the boardroom and not the studio. Where the ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries
by Woodrow Wilkins
Musicians are known to have a “voice"?--a distinctive sound or style of playing that sets them apart from others. Even if you haven't heard the song or been given any kind of heads up about a new recording, it doesn't take long for you to figure out who is performing. That is especially true of Ladysmith ...
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries
by Jim Santella
Accompanied by the English Chamber Orchestra, Ladysmith Black Mambazo combines classical European pieces with the traditional music of their South African homeland on one program. The well-known vocal ensemble finds that both areas of music fit together well when they're doing the interpreting. “Amazing Grace" is presented in English. The arrangement contains a lustrous ...
Raise Your Spirit Higher
Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2003
Track listing: Wenyukela; Uqinisil Ubada; Selingelethu Sonke; Wangibambezela; Wenza Ngani?; Udidekil
Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Raise Your Spirit Higher
by C. Michael Bailey
Ladysmith Black Mambazo could sing the text to American Psycho and make it sound as gentle as a lullaby. These singers are regarded as the foremost practitioners of South African vocal music, having received worldwide notice and acclaim when they appeared on Paul Simon’s 1986 recording Graceland (recall the revelation of the introduction to “Diamonds on ...
