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<title>Ladysmith Black Mambazo</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:40:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[First introduced to world audiences by Paul Simon on his landmark 1986 record <I>Graceland</I>, South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have charmed listeners worldwide ever since. Influenced by both Zulu and Christian choral traditions, founder (and former member of the Blacks) Joseph Shabalala formed the group in 1974 and named them after the township where he lived. The group's singers magnificently coordinate Zulu vocal characteristics such as clicking sounds, high-pitched ululations, and a particular sense of melody laden with foot stomps and accompanying grunts to create an unforgettable aural and visual spectacle.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Soweto Gospel Choir</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:38:25 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Simply viewing the Soweto Gospel Choir's website -- with its stirring music and images of singers throwing their souls into song -- is an exercise in unrestrained emotion; we can only imagine their impact live. Composed of the best singers from several different Soweto churches, the Soweto Gospel Choir has only been existence since 2002, but in that time they've performed for heads of state, religious icons (including Bishop Desmond Tutu) and adoring audiences. In 2003 they were named "Best Gospel Choir" by the American Gospel Music Awards, and in 2007 they won a Grammy for their 2005 release <i>Blessed</i>.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Abdullah Ibrahim</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[When Duke Ellington sings your praises, people listen. Originally known as Dollar Brand, South African born Abdullah Ibrahim was discovered in Zurich by the Duke in 1963. Ibrahim grew up in Cape Town where native hymns were played alongside American Gospel and jazz. Ellingtons music struck Ibrahim even as a child and it had a big impact on his own style. Like Duke and Thelonious Monk, Ibrahims music is complex even at its simplest. Ibrahim moved to New York and spent the latter half of the '60s working with cutting edge jazz innovators. In 1968, he converted to Islam and the effect on his music was immediate. Since that time the African influence on his small and large groups has been enormous. His playing became unique in the world of jazz and African music. With the end of Apartheid, Abdullah Ibrahim is now free to travel between North America, Europe, and South Africa. His music has never known such borders.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Vusi Mahlasela</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:10 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Born into a poor South African family in 1965, Vusi Mahlasela's story reads like a grandfather's artfully exaggerated hard-luck tale -- only his is true. He really did build his first guitar out of fishing line and tin when he was just a kid. Reared in Mamalodi Township, Mahlasela experienced the final ugly days of apartheid. He joined the apartheid protest movement in his teens, while simultaneously developing his skills as a singer and songwriter. As a regular presence at protests and funerals, Mahlasela crossed the apartheid government repeatedly; police routinely seized his writings and would jail him intermittently. After apartheid ended, Mahlasela began recording and performing regularly, but it wasn't until the release of the 2003 documentary film <I>Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony</i> that a wider world audience was introduced to him. That year he signed to fellow South African Dave Matthews' ATO Records, which released <I>The Voice</i>, a compilation of his best songs to date. In 2007 Mahlasela returned to the international stage with <i>Guiding Star</i>. Mahlasela's delicate guitar playing and uncannily soulful voice guide songs that tack between indigenous South African styles and a global singer-songwriter tradition.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Mzikayifani Buthelezi</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Driven by a heavy bass and kick drum, Mzikayifani Buthelezi's music is like a powerful Zulu head charge fueled by accordion, violin and guitar. Male lead and female chorus vocals sing call-and-response lyrics that seem to demand motion.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>The Boyoyo Boys</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[1980s South African Township group the Boyoyo Boys play fast-paced instrumental dance music: smoking saxophone riffs, frenetic bass, funky drums, and fluid guitar lead the charge. They're best known outside of South Africa for the cut that Malcolm McLaren appropriated for the hit "Double Dutch."
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Mahlathini</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Elias Mathebula</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Dilika</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Bright, uplifting music from South Africa featuring a chorus of rich male and female voices, sparkling guitars and earthy, driving rhythms.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Brenda Fassie</title>
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<category>World Pop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:25:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[South African singing sensation kicks out seductive, vocal-oriented Dance-Pop with African tribal flavors. One of her country's leading performers, her debut sold more than 400,000 copies.
- Kelly Bauman]]></description>
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<title>Manka Le Phallang</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>The Soul Brothers</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:43:07 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mahotella Queens</title>
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<title>Mamelang</title>
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<title>Umzimkhulu Black River Band</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mbongeni Ngema</title>
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<category>Musicals</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 6 Dec 2008 14:06:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ngema was the main creative force behind the hugely popular Broadway musical "Sarafina," which was later made into a movie with Whoopie Goldberg. His score helped introduce a generation of people to the exuberant harmonies of South African singing, and to the horror and confusion of life under apartheid. The show focuses on the struggles of a student named Sarafina who gets caught up in the student uprisings in Soweto in the 1970s. Ngema also wrote and directed "Woza Albert," another apartheid-era piece that helped bring the plight of South Africans to the world's attention.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>The Mthembu Queens</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rhythm and lead guitars fire rapidly to the heavy thump of bass and drums while the four Mthembu Queens trade lead vocals and harmonize like an African Disco incarnation of the Andrews Sisters. This "mbaqanga" style ruled the townships in the '70s.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Bayete</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jabu Khanyile is a hugely popular figure in the South African music scene. Sweet with harmony, his high-range vocals lead Bayete, who embellish their unrelenting Township dance tempos with a sprinkling of pop and Soul.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Majakathatha</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The music of the Sotho miners in South Africa is slow paced, with a heavy stomp beat accented by deep bass, accordion, and sharp whistle. The vocals flow like an exhausted man telling his story of tribulation.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Makhweru</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:54 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A heavy dance rhythm is propelled by deep basslines and keyboard chords as a gruff male voice is answered by a chorus that sounds like it's composed of little girls. Upbeat, with a slightly perverse quality.
- Robert Leaver]]></description>
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<title>Majozi</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Amaduduzo</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:24:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>German Hadebe</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:25:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Juluka</title>
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<category>Township</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:14:48 -0800</pubDate>
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