On Wednesday, February 27, the Arlington welcomes legendary Grammy Award-winners Ladysmith Black Mambazo. This musically, culturally, and historically significant South African group will bring its ...

The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday. He was 78. Shabalala died at a hospital in ...

Before every performance, the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo go through the same ritual. They warm up their voices. They stretch out, so nobody pulls a muscle doing all that dancing. And they joke ...

In the ’70s, when it was a crime in South Africa for black people to drive around the country without government permission, the members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo had a political strategy: They sang.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The a cappella voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo first reached most American ears on Paul Simon’s ...

ASPEN ” There are probably more than a thousand groups in South Africa who sing isicathamiya, a native, a cappella style that gets traced back to the Zulu tribe. Every Saturday in most cities in the ...

Any scholar of South African music can tell you Ladysmith Black Mambazo — who perform at the WOW Hall Thursday, Jan. 26 — are a force to be reckoned with. When Mambazo formed in the early ’60s, they ...

South Africa's award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo are first and foremost a family. Members Albert Mazibuko and Babuyile Shabalala tell host Michel Martin what's kept the group together for 50 ...

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been singing the story of South Africa for more than 40 years. The a cappella group gained worldwide fame when Paul Simon featured it on his 1986 album Graceland. Since ...

How many Broadway shows has Ladysmith Black Mambazo been in? Ladysmith Black Mambazo has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows. How many West End shows has Ladysmith Black Mambazo been in? Ladysmith Black ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday.