Ladysmith Black Mambazo News

LISA DENTON: Barry, since Valentine's Day is almost upon us, I thought I'd start off with a poem.

Sloan MacRae knew what he was getting himself into when he accepted the job of managing director at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester.

Empty, that is, except for nine microphones perched atop tall, toothpicklike stands barely casting shadows on the gently lit stage.

You may remember the reference to this a male choral group from South Africa in the movie "Mean Girls" or from Paul Simon's landmark Graceland album, but this a cappella vocal group has been around since 1960.

CAPA, in association with the King Arts Complex, presents Ladysmith Black Mambazo at 8pm on Wednesday, February 8, at the Southern Theatre .

In all forms of spirituality there are rituals. Prayer, dance, whirling, incantation, song.

A Grammy Award-winning group from South Africa that has a worldwide following entertained fans in Chicago tonight.

WINCHESTER, Va. - In a special Valentine's Day appearance, South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo will fill Armstrong Concert Hall with their world-famous rhythms and harmonies.

BATAVIA – The next round of the Fermilab Arts and Lecture series is at 8 p.m. Saturday as Ladysmith Black Mambazo will take the stage at the Ramsey Auditorium in Wilson Hall on Fermilab's Batavia campus.

BalletMet Columbus and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra renew a successful working relationship with a successful theme as "Jazz Moves Columbus" takes the Capitol Theatre stage Feb.

On Feb. 12, the world will learn whether South African a cappella ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo will take home their fourth Grammy Award for their 2011 release, "Songs from a Zulu Farm." The all-male group, known as cultural emissaries of their native country, will perform from this collection inspired by their youth during a concert at 7:30 ... (more)

Firing some early February shows across your bow before we launch the new issue: the next CHIRP "First Time" recital, Swearwords' record release, Stolen Silver's residency, and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

The new 30 track collection again showcases their versatility, featuring collaborations with some of the world's most influential artists including Paul Simon, Lou Rawls, Emmylou Harris, Josh Groban, Taj Mahal, Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan, Dolly Parton and many more.

London's the Big Pink debuted in 2009 with "A Brief History of Love" and its irresistibly catchy single, "Dominos." Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell favored the densely distorted guitars of shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine, but their hearts were in the hooks and the big beats rather than in the dreamy feedback.

Who wouldn't want to collaborate with Ladysmith Black Mambazo? This South African choir, founded in 1961, perfected a vocal blend as warm and enfolding as a down comforter and as brotherly as a team hug.

The South African a cappella group Lady Blacksmith Mambazo performs to a full house Wednesday at The Arts Center at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at ACL Live Saturday, January 21 ACL Live at the Moody Theater $25-35, Doors at 6:30, Show at 8pm [ info ] Forty years and change - that's how long South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been a cultural presence.

"FALLEN EMPIRES" Island Records There's a vague significance behind the title of Snow Patrol's sixth album, a sense of eroded purpose and crumbling dominion, of great things run to ruin.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs for one night only in Chattanooga as part of the Patten Performances on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

During Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we were reminded how a strong and motivated speaker, his words, and his delivery can help change a nation.