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Real Live Certified
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 14 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ladysmith Black Mambazo is rated as a remarkable live performer, with impressive shows that are worth watching. Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert reviews describe live shows and performances as infectious, entertaining, engaging, and powerful.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, formed by Joseph Shabalala (1941 - 2020) in 1960 in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is a South African male choral group that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube.
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March 13, 2020
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In the first of two nights at Grand Rapids Listening Room, the much-heralded South African male vocal group delivered engaging vocals and a stage presence to match.
The legendary a capella South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo returned to Troy Music Hall, a perfect venue for their two set performance of singing and dancing isicathamiya Zulu music.
More casual listeners know them from their collaboration with Paul Simon for the album Graceland in 1986, but 17 Grammy nominations, and 4 wins certainly prove their appeal way beyond that.
Most famous for their turn on Paul Simon’s seminal ‘Graceland’, the South African group has been around for aeons, bringing the traditional sound and tales of the societal landscape in the country to the wider world since 1960, by way of 1986.
Most of the music I was listening too was coming on mix tapes that artsy-fartsy private school boys would make for her and she would subsequently hand down to me when that boy's time passed.
The South African vocal ensemble has been entertaining audiences around the world for more than five decades, traversing the globe and historical milestones.
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