THANKS TO FREQUENT RECORDINGS, tours and, perhaps still more than anything else, "Graceland," the pivotal, 1986 Grammy-winning collaboration with pop singer Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has ...

A brilliant South African warrior and king in the 18th century, the legendary Shaka Zulu was one of the great unifiers of his nation—on the ...

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South Africa's LadySmith Black Mambazo won a fifth Grammy award at Sunday's award ceremony. Their album "Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration" won in the Best World Music Album ...

Simon produced Ladysmith Black Mambazo's first worldwide release, "Shaka Zulu," which won a Grammy Award in 1988 for Best Folk Recording. Paul Simon and the "Graceland" project "made a huge ...

Joseph Shabalala, a South African singer who founded the choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, which brought traditional Zulu music to the world and orchestrated a joyful soundtrack to the anti ...

Anointed South Africa's cultural ambassadors to the world by Nelson Mandela, five-time Grammy Award-winning a cappella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has warmed the hearts of audiences worldwide ...

There is no figure in Zulu history more celebrated than Shaka. This early 19th-century warrior and cultural visionary single-handedly transformed the Zulu people from a disorganized band of less ...

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Five-time Grammy Award winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo make their only Connecticut tour stop at The Ridgefield Playhouse on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 8pm, part of the HamletHub World Music ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will play the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton on March 2. ... “Shaka Zulu Revisited,” which won Best World Music Album.

The founder of the South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, which brought an innovative version of Zulu singing to a worldwide audience, died Tuesday in Pretoria. He was 78 years old.