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"WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT" (Asbury Park Press)
Acollaboration roughly 20 years ago catapulted Ladysmith Black Mambazo into America's consciousness. The South African folk act backed Paul Simon during the recording of his groundbreaking "Graceland" project.
A Crooner With the Power to Knock the Arena Senseless (New York Times)
Josh Groban, wielding his indisputably beautiful voice with a surprising modesty and grace, brought pop balladry to Madison Square Garden on Monday evening.
Liberation Music: South Africa, Zimbabwe & Zambia (All About Jazz)
Protest music has a long and honourable tradition in southern Africa. In the colonial era, it began at least as long ago as 1897, when the South African songwriter Enoch Sontonga wrote his classic ?Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika? (?God Bless Africa?).
World Beat (Asheville Citizen-Times)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Grammy-winning South African singing group featured on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album, performs at 3 this afternoon at the Porter Center at Brevard College in Brevard. Tickets are $25. Call 884-8330.
What's so amazing about grace? (Chicago Sun-Times)
"Amazing Grace" may be the most recorded song of all time. Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, The Byrds, Jose Carreras, Willie Nelson and Ani DiFranco. Billy Ray Cyrus, Joan Baez, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band and David Hasselhoff.
'A gift from above' (Knoxville News Sentinel)
When the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo perform, it is mesmerizing. The group's soft, interweaving a cappella singing punctuated with vocal pops and trills has worked magic in concert halls, street rallies, and smoothed the path during the worst days of South Africa's apartheid government.
Playing what they love (Journal and Courier)
World-acclaimed Irish band Cherish the Ladies is celebrating 20 years of touring this week. And there will be many more anniversaries to come. "I just took a booking for 2011," said Cherish the Ladies co-founder Joanie Madden from her cell phone in Manhattan, N.Y.
Globe North listings (Boston Globe)
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Groban shines on the big stage (The Providence Journal)
PROVIDENCE ? Last time Josh Groban came to Providence, in 2004, he sang at the Providence Performing Arts Center; last night, he filled the Dunkin? Donuts Center, which is roughly six times larger. So the question was, how would he play on the big stage, and in the big room?
Ladysmith Black Mambazo comes to Hemmens (The Beacon News)
If you've ever wondered what a choir of angels should sound like, then you need to hear Ladysmith Black Mambazo.