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  Johnny Clegg (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jonathan (Johnny) Clegg, born June 7, 1953 in Rochdale near Manchester, (UK), is a popular musician from South Africa, who has recorded and performed with his bands Juluka and Savuka.
Juluka's / Clegg's music was both implicitly and explicitly political: not only was the fact of the success of the band (which openly celebrated African culture in a non-racial band) a thorn in the flesh of a political system based on racial separation; the band also produced some explicitly political songs.
Clegg's new album is being remixed at Real World Studios in Bath, England, and had been expected to be released in January 2006, though that month has come and gone with no word of the album.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Johnny Clegg
Johnny Clegg was born in England in the 1950s, but his family soon moved to Africa where he grew up first in Zimbabwe and Zambia, and later in South Africa.
In the early 1970s Clegg teamed up with Sipho Mchunu and as Juluka they made history as they bucked the strict apartheid government by becoming the first mixed-race band to play together on stage.
Johnny Clegg & Savuka Dance Across The Centuries lyrics are the property and copyright of Johnny Clegg & Savuka.
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 Johnny Clegg - Biography
Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, England in 1953 was raised in his mother’s native land of Zimbabwe before immigrating to South Africa at the age of nine.
Sipho was born in Kranskop, Natal, in 1951.
When Johnny finished his schooling he went to University, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Social Anthropology and pursued an academic career for four years lecturing at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Natal.
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 Johnny Clegg and Juluka: Dirty Linen
Clegg's white middle class background differed greatly from that of Mchunu, a Zulu migrant worker who came to Johannesburg in search of employment.
Tragedy struck Clegg and the group as friends, colleagues, even band member Dudu Zulu, were killed in the dark years of apartheid.
Clegg is also involved in several other endeavors, including two South African radio stations, a concert promotions company, and MTV South Africa.
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 Johnny Clegg - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon
Cleggs Vater war Jagdflieger bei der britischen Royal Airforce, doch ließen sich die Eltern früh scheiden, woraufhin die Mutter mit dem Sohn in ihre Heimat Rhodesien (heute Simbabwe) zurückkehrte.
Mit 15 lernte Clegg in Soweto den Zulu Mntonanazo Mzila kennen, der ihn mit ritueller Musik und Tänzen vertraut machte.
Clegg formierte 1985 seine zweite gemischtrassige Band, die sich Savuka nannte („Wir sind erwacht“), und die er als Begleitband für seine Auftritte verstand.
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 juluka Mp3 Albums Review
Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu's second album, considered their breakthough album, through word of mouth and live performances.
Johnny Clegg is the best kept secret in the music industry, but I hope you will discover for yourself what his fans have known for years...this man is pure musical genius, underappreciated by the conformist music corporations and bland radio stations, but its their loss and the fans gain.
Clegg is a household name in many parts of Europe, and of course SA, where he did much more than has yet been fully appreciated, to break down cultural barriers.
www.mp3-find.com /albums_review_juluka.asp   (2287 words)

  
 johnny-clegg-and-savuka Mp3 Albums Review
Johnny and his partner Dudu could step to the front of the stage and exhaust YOU with the energy they exerted in their traditional dances, which had them leaping into the air with an almost superhuman exuberance.
I was already marginally familiar with Johnny Clegg via his first albums with Jaluka (issued on Warner Brothers in the late seventies/early eighties) and always found his mix of Zulu music with western pop to be interesting.
Johnny Clegg and Savuka Johnny Clegg Savuka - Scatterlings of Africa
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 Johnny Clegg with Savuka & Juluka Live! And More..
Special DVD extra features include an interview with Johnny Clegg, "Asimbonanga" performed with Nelson Mandela in Frankfurt, a dance performance of Mantombana with Juluka, a video of Savuka's "Scatterlings of Africa," which was the song featured in the 1989 movie Rain Man, and lyrics from some of their most popular songs.
Johnny Clegg, born in Rochedale, UK, right outside of Manchester, was raised in Zimbabwe until eventually making a home out of South Africa.
Clegg's superior reputation reached Sipho Mchunu, a migrant Zulu worker, and they formed a musical partnership and friendship, which would eventually come to be known as Juluka, meaning "sweat" in Zulu.
www.spraci.com /news/articles/1262.html   (626 words)

  
 For South African Johnny Clegg, music is a road to racial harmony - The Boston Globe
Johnny Clegg never planned to be a revolutionary.
Years later, Clegg is still considered one of South Africa's seminal artists and is also credited with using his music to spread messages of racial harmony.
Clegg remained a fixture in the fl townships, even after he was arrested and threatened with deportation for spending time in fl-designated areas without official government permission.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/07/08/for_south_african_johnny_clegg_music_is_a_road_to_racial_harmony   (729 words)

  
 Clegg Live
Johnny Clegg had first come to prominence in his home country of South Africa as the white half of the legendary musical duo Juluka, who boldly broke down their country's social and cultural barriers with their eclectic, multilingual music.
While Clegg did temporarily reunite with Sipho Mchunu for a new Juluka album and a couple of tours, he has spent the last five years performing as a solo artist.
As good as the concert performance on this DVD is, and as good as the live concert I saw from Clegg's recent American tour was, those shows are forced to compete with the memory of a night whose legend grows with each retelling.
www.greenmanreview.com /film/film_clegglive.html   (1263 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg Visits Dartmouth
Johnny Clegg began his day in Hanover by lecturing to a combined meeting of classes from Environmental Studies, History, African and African American Studies, Anthropology and Government.
Clegg's lecture was remarkably engaging, and kept the 150 students and faculty on the edge of their seats for the entire class.
However, when Clegg was in Hanover for a concert in November, 1990, he was interviewed by Jamie Hess.
www.dartmouth.edu /~envs/events/past/clegg/clegg.html   (720 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg's Appreciation Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
An Englishman who grew up in his mother's native Zimbabwe, and who immigrated to South Africa when he was 9, Johnny Clegg was a white youth growing up in the difficult days of the apex of the South African apartheid.
When he was 14, Johnny began playing the guitar, and got very interested in the music of the migrant Zulu workers, the cheap labor force of Johannesburg in the 1960's.
Though he was frequently arrested, that did not deter him from learning the musical culture of the Zulus, and he spent a lot of time on the outskirts of Johannesburg, where the workers lived, learning the musical and dance styles of this culture.
www.cs.brandeis.edu /~bklimov/personal/music/clegg   (388 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Equipped with his guitar, Johnny accompanied Mzila to all the migrant labour haunts from hostels to rooftop shebeens.
Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu launched their second album "African Litany" in early 1981.
Johnny went on to form another crossover band "SAVUKA", mixing African music with celtic folk music and international tock sounds.
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 Johnny Clegg - UK Hammersmith - Monday 7 July 2004 - Johnny's birthday   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
However, far from just copying music Johnny's songs were actually played in the township shebeen (pubs) and one of his first songs, Woza Friday, which interestingly bombed in the popular charts, were played all over the shebeens and made Johnny a household name.
Johnny is famous for his incredibly energetic live concerts and he has created a unique dance style that resembles the gum boot dances of the diamond mining teams in Johannesburg.
Johnny said that of all the tour dates the UK date would be the night he would most fondly remember and it was easy to see why.
www.rayd.co.uk /BLOGS/RayBlog.nsf/plinks/JohnnyClegg   (1137 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clegg and his band often make an international tour during May-August (South African winter).
Johnny Clegg fan site with discography and tour photos
Johnny Clegg fan site german/english continuously currently information
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 Johnny Clegg MP3 Downloads - Johnny Clegg Music Downloads - Johnny Clegg Music Videos
The white, English-speaking, society and Black, African, culture of South Africa was brought together by Johnny Clegg.
Soon after meeting Sipho Mchunu and forming Juluka, Clegg recorded his debut single, "Waza Friday." Although racial prejudice in South Africa prevented their first album, Universal Man, from attaining radio airplay, the album became a word of mouth hit.
Clegg's second band, Savuka, which took its name from the Zulu word meaning "we have risen" or "we have awakened", took a more pop-minded approach to African music.
www.mp3.com /Johnny-Clegg/artists/2719/biography.html   (438 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg & Sipho Mchunu/Duo Juluka
The title "Ngwaka Nyambe Nkonyane" (track 18), by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu, recorded live in Johannesburg on 16th January 1977, is also the first radio recording they ever made.
Some years later, when his mother was working as a nightclub singer in Johannesburg, Johnny Clegg became more interested in the street music of the Zulus than the popular music of the whites.
At the end of the 70's, Clegg completed his studies and took a teaching post at the University of Witwatersrand, only to resign in 1982, when he decided to devote his life to making music.
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 Johnny Clegg engl. bio at Agency Griot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, England in 1953
owever, Johnny´s involvement with fl musicians often led to him being arrested for trespassing on government property and for contravening the Group Areas Act, (an apartheid law forcing different races to keep to their own residential and recreational areas).
Clegg will go into the studio again in May. He will be on tour in 2000 with a "best of" selection of his musicians - this includes of course Sipho Mchunu (guit), Solly Letwaba (bass) and Mandisa Dlanga (voc.).
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 Johnny Clegg Tickets - Cheap Johnny Clegg Concert Shows Tickets At Onlineseats
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Later, while reading social anthropology at Wits University, Clegg formed a friendship with a migrant worker and musician named Sipho Mchunu, and in 1972 the two began performing together as Johnny And Sipho, forming their first band, the sextet Juluka (Zulu for "sweat") in 1976.
In 1986 Clegg re-emerged fronting a new group, Savuka ("We Have Arisen"), which continued in the direction set out by Juluka and, in the increasingly liberal political climate of South Africa in the late 80s, found it much easier to tour both there and overseas.
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 Amazon.com: Johnny Clegg & Juluka Collection: Music: Johnny Clegg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Johnny Clegg's work with Savuka is enormously popular outside of South Africa.
Johnny Clegg attained international recognition with his band Savuka, due to the fusion of not only the lyrics, but the music as well.
Johnny Clegg will always hold a special place in my heart and in my life, and even though I prefer his works with Savuka, I love listening to all of it.
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 Johnny Clegg - Gig previews & reviews - Music - Entertainment - theage.com.au
Before Paul Simon unearthed the music of Africa, thrusting it into the mainstream on his album Graceland, Johnny Clegg was exploring Zulu music, creating a new hybrid of Western pop and tribal rhythms.
As an inquisitive teenager growing up in Johannesburg, Clegg was drawn to the culture denigrated by the forces of apartheid.
Clegg never had aspirations of becoming the next Rolling Stones with his multiracial bands Savuka and Juluka.
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 Johnny Clegg Band Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Johnny Clegg Band Tickets
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 Johnny Clegg Interview
Johnny Clegg's reputation as one of the foremost South African musicians, if not one of the most important South Africans of his generation, has been won over several decades of struggle and hard work.
The incorporation of Zulu lyrics into his songs must have frustrated his government as much as it delighted those with minds open enough to appreciate the cultural subtext, and ears open enough to enjoy the rhythmic and powerful music he has created through the years.
Johnny Clegg: "Yeah, and also there was a WOMAD thing as well."
www.greenmanreview.com /live/live_clegg_09_29_05.html   (1723 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Review: Johnny Clegg & Savuka - Edmonton Folk Music Festival, 7 August 2005
Clegg and his band rocked the festival during the Sunday (Aug 7) 2:00 pm mainstage show, and later in the evening, at the after-festival party.
For both shows, Johnny and the current version of Savuka played a tight, melodic and joyful show, showcasing many of Juluka and Savuka well-known songs, and mixing in many different dance steps, which I assume were based on Zulu tradition in many cases.
Clegg and Savuka ("We have risen") are in the midst of an extensive world tour.
blogcritics.org /archives/2005/08/14/213614.php   (1208 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg - Last.fm
Sometimes called "The White Zulu", he is an important figure in South African popular music history, with songs that mix Zulu and English lyr...
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Listen to music, see charts for Johnny Clegg – Life Is A Magic Thing, Johnny Clegg – Asimbonanga, Johnny Clegg – Scatterlings of Africa, Johnny Clegg – Dela, Johnny Clegg – Into the Picture
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 eBay.co.uk - Johnny Clegg, CDs, Records, Music Memorabilia items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
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 Johnny Clegg : Livre d'or
Revu Johnny Clegg a Montereau vendredi soir qui m'a laissé pleins d'étoiles dans les yeux, il a toujours autant la peche et dégage une chaleur authentique, j'en redemande!!!
J'adore Johnny Clegg pour son courage et surtout pour son amour pour sa culture sud-africaine (malgré le racisme habituel).
Johnny Clegg de retour hier soir au grand rex à Paris, la magie opère toujours...!
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 African Music Encyclopedia: Johnny Clegg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
He became so caught up in the culture and it's music that he was eventually made an adopted son of a Zulu chief.
Their song "Scatterling of Africa" was released as a single and had some worldwide limited success.
In the mid-1990s Clegg and Juluka reformed, with original member Sipho Mchunu, and they toured the world on a bill with King Sunny Ade.
www.africanmusic.org /artists/clegg.html   (202 words)

  
 Johnny Clegg Endorses Parker Guitars @ Music Gear Review
Parker Guitars has recently added legendary artist, Johnny Clegg, to their artist roster.
Johnny Clegg then formed a band called, Savuka in 1985 mixing African music with Celtic folk music and international rock sounds.
Since 1994, Johnny has been releasing solo albums, touring across the country, and working with Sipho Mchunu.
www.musicgearreview.com /article-display/1628.html   (264 words)

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