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	Ladysmith Black Mambazo (The Leopard Man's African Music Guide)
		The other half of the name is a nod to the Black Mambazo group "Black Axe", active in South Africa during the 1950s.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo had their international breakthrough when they sang on Paul Simon's "Graceland" album in 1986.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo have recorded over 30 albums, and are today among South Africa's most popular musical ambassadors.
	www.leopardmannen.no /l/ladysmith.black.mambazo.asp?lang=gb (652 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo >> Information
		Black workers were taken by rail to work far away from their homes and their families.
		In the summer of 2004 Black Mambazo was again asked to represent their nation in London for a celebration for Queen Elizabeth II's 50th Anniversary as Monarch.
		Black Mambazo's current and future tours continue to spread the word of Joseph's dream of preservation through education while encouraging all those who can, to give their support.
	www.ladysmithblackmambazo.com /information.htm (1572 words)

	Qradio Feature : Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo is known in Zulu as "Cothoza Mfana" or "Isicathamiya".
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo comprises ten members, drawn from three families, all of whom hail from Ladysmith, in the Emnambithi district, a rural grassland two hundred miles outside Durban.
		Despite the fact that Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been recognised throughout the world for their musical achievements, they are highly respected for their tireless work towards the education and social development of young fl South Africans.
	www.aspworks.com /abp/lbmtour/mambazo/mambazo.html (858 words)

	Heads Up: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
		For more than thirty years, Ladysmith Black Mambazo have married the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music.
		Black Mambazo provided soundtrack material for Sean Connery's summer blockbuster The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Disney's The Lion King, Part II as well as Eddie Murphy's Coming To America, Marlon Brando's A Dry White Season, and James Earl Jones' Cry The Beloved Country.
		In the summer of 2002, Black Mambazo was again asked to represent their nation in London at a celebration for Queen Elizabeth's 50th Anniversary as Monarch.
	www.headsup.com /bios/lsbm.html (993 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		With nearly 40 releases since their first recording in 1962, Mambazo's captivating Zulu harmonies are a proud, strong homage to the jubilance, power and beauty of indigenous music Joseph Shabalala is a man that carries on developing his dreams.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo is by far the most famous of the South African isicathamiya groups.
		Ladysmith is regarded as a national treasure of the new South Africa in part because they embody the traditions suppressed in the old South Africa.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=1129 (794 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		In 1961 Joseph was in charge of his own group of singers which he called a "fl span", he termed this span his axe by which he opened the road forward.
		The Ladysmith Black Mambazo used the oldest instrument used by man, namely the human voice.
		This type of music was sung by Black laborers who were not allowed to make noise late at night in their shanty accommodation.
	www.bokmakierie.co.za /ladysmith_black_mambazo.htm (899 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo >> Discography
		Joseph Shabalala, founder and lead singer of Ladysmith, received the source and inspiration for the harmonies of the group in dreams and visions of a heavenly choir, tutoring him on the music and movements that make Ladysmith unique.
		Thus it was that Ladysmith, whose music never took sides but shared a love for all, accompanied Nelson Mandella to Sweden in 1993 where he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and they performed in celebration.
		It's good to think of the fact that, although political activists often criticized Joseph and Ladysmith for a perceived lack of political awareness, it was the desire to share the beauty of song that caused Joseph and Paul Simon to be the first world renown breakers of the international ban of South Africa.
	www.ladysmithblackmambazo.com /discography.htm (1291 words)

	Jazz Artist Interview - Ladysmith Black Mambazo@ jazzreview.com
		Ladysmith is Joseph Shabalala’s rural hometown in the Coastal Natal region of South Africa.
		Black is a reference to the ox, which is considered to be the strongest of all farm animals, and Mambazo is Zulu for axe.
		The 1986 album made by Paul Simon in collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is a musical masterpiece with Paul Simon’s voice being carried on some of the most inspired acappella singing that has ever been recorded.
	www.jazzreview.com /article/review-4567.html (1537 words)

	The Badger Herald - Ladysmith Black Mambazo rocks concertgoers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo filled Overture Hall with their signature blend of humor, harmonies and hopefulness Tuesday night in support of their new album, Long Walk To Freedom.
		Ladysmith’s sound perfectly evokes the feel of the South African gold and diamond mines where it was born, utilizing male voices to create booming harmonies and chant-like lyrics.
		In fact, Ladysmith would often jump from language to language within a song, emphasizing their international message of optimism.
	badgerherald.com /artsetc/2006/03/03/ladysmith_black_mamb.php (993 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		It was appropriate that at that ceremony the music was provided by the group Ladysmith Black Mambazo—a group whose music had helped raise the consciousness of the world.
		In order to extract the mineral wealth of the country, poor fls were taken far from their homes to work, living in horrendous conditions in the mining camps.
		The success of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, evident in their many awards as well as the number of documentaries made about their music, has helped to make Western listeners think about the music and people of other cultures.
	www.wwnorton.com /enjoy/shorter/composers/mambazo.htm (371 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded by Joseph Shabalala in 1974.
		Shabalala was born into a poor family that lived on a white man's farm near the town of Ladysmith.
		The Blacks won most of the local vocal competitions and became the most popular Zulu vocal group, but Shabalala felt that something was missing.
	www.emusic.com /artist/10555/10555989.html (622 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo News
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo Ladysmith Black Mambazo brings its combination of South African musical traditions and Christian gospel music to the AUSTIN CITY LIMITS stage.
		Hope Finkelstein holds a bouquet of flowers presented to her by Diane Borgman, president of Homer Council on the Arts board of directors, at the Ladysmith Black Mambazo concert at Mariner Theatre last Friday.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the South African a cappella group that achieved fame through its appearance on Paul Simon's 'Graceland'' album, spent today rehearsing at the Broadway Theater at Ulster...
	www.topix.net /who/ladysmith-black-mambazo (704 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo has come to represent the traditional culture of South Africa in the eyes of many music fans worldwide.
		Over the next fifteen years Ladysmith Black Mambazo recorded 25 albums, many of which went Gold in Africa, but they were barely known off the continent until the Vulindella ('he who opened the gate'), Paul Simon, arrived.
		Though their name translates as "the Black Axe of Ladysmith," this unique vocal group from the province of Natal are both gentle and persuasive in style.
	www.singers.com /ladysmith.html (2768 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo
		Black Mambazo's first release since the Grammy nominated Live at Royal Albert Hall in 1999 and their first release of new material since Heavenly in 1997
		About the Band - For more than thirty years, Ladysmith Black Mambazo have married the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music.
		Ladysmith provided soundtrack material for Sean Connery's summer blockbuster The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Disney's The Lion King, Part II as well as Eddie Murphy's Coming To America, Marlon Brando's A Dry White Season, and James Earl Jones' Cry The Beloved Country.
	www.kalahariusa.com /lbm (1014 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Friends
		It was born in the mines of South Africa, where fl workers were taken by rail to work far away from their homes and their families.
		“Ladysmith” is the Shabalalas’ hometown; “Black” refers to fl oxen, considered to be the strongest on the farm; the Zulu word “Mambazo” refers to an ax—symbolic of the group’s ability to “chop down” the competition.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo celebrates 12 years of democracy in South Africa with the release earlier this year of Long Walk to Freedom, a collection of 12 new recordings of classic Mambazo songs with numerous special guests, including Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Sarah McLachlan, Natalie Merchant, and Zap Mama.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_7618.html (1936 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Ladysmith Black Mambazo: No Boundaries
		However, in other places the strings allow Ladysmith to indulge in a lyricism and expansiveness that you don't often hear on their other recordings.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo favorites, such as "Homeless" (which they performed with Simon on Graceland) and the Ladysmith/Simon arrangement of "Amazing Grace", are also given effective orchestral support.
		Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" is hampered by a rather quirky arrangement that vacillates between instrumental legato and staccato, and between Brooks's declamatory singing and Shabalala's crooning.
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=111019319374122 (396 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo - AOL Music
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a Grammy Award winning, South African a cappella singing group.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo have come to represent the traditional culture of South Africa in the eyes of many music fans worldwide.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a chorus from South Africa that is noted for singing a...
	music.aol.com /artist/ladysmith-black-mambazo/3325/main (154 words)

	African Music Encyclopedia: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo first came togeher in the early 1960s under the gentle guidance of sweet-voiced Joseph Shabalala.
		His inspiration for the group came to him in a dream in which a choir of children sang and danced.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Ladysmith is a South African township, Black Mambazo means fl axe) is part of the time-honored tradition of South African Zulu male choral music called isicathamiya (derived from the Zulu word meaning "to walk or step on one's toes lightly") that transformed Zulu a capella.
	africanmusic.org /artists/ladysmith.html (318 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whilst Mambazo toured the United States, the television program Saturday Night Live parodied the group in a TV Funhouse sketch about failed Saturday morning cartoons starring fl cartoon characters, one of which was a cartoon featuring the group called, Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space.
		After the release of the group's first album in 1973, they were banned from competing in the isicathamiya competitions because of their ability to win many of the competition.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo is referenced to in the movie Mean Girls (2004), when Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) chooses to stay home for the weekend instead of going to see a concert with her parents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo (3076 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo - IMN World
		View an excerpt from the DVD "On Tip Toe" - the Academy and Emmy Award nominated film about the group that defied the odds and their oppressive, South African homeland to become the content's number one recording artist.
		In 1993, at Nelson Mandela's request, Mambazo accompanied the future President, and then South African President F.W. de Klerk, to the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
		Mambazo provided soundtrack material for Disney's "The Lion King Part II" as well as Eddie Murphy's "Coming To America", Marlon Brando's "A Dry White Season", and James Earl Jones' "Cry The Beloved Country".
	www.imnworld.com /IMN/artist_view/24 (1018 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo Member Killed
		Former Ladysmith Black Mambazo member Ben Shabalala was killed June 16 in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, under unknown circumstances.
		Ben Shabalala joined Ladysmith Black Mambazo in 1979 and was part of the group when it participated in Paul Simon's "Graceland" recording, which won a Grammy for album of the year in 1986.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo also won a Grammy in 1987 for the album "Shaka Zulu," on which Shabalala collaborated.
	billboard.com /bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000549540 (357 words)

	Amazon.com: The Best of Ladysmith Black Mambazo: Music: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo share their favorite music with Amazon customers.
		Whether they are singing hymns or secular songs, Ladysmith Black Mambazo always raise their voices in glorious harmony.
		Ladysmith Black Mambazo Tickets — Still great seats left.
	www.amazon.com /Best-Ladysmith-Black-Mambazo/dp/B000000DXI (1121 words)

	Amazon.ca: Shaka Zulu: Music: Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-23)
		The phrase "Time to meditate," as crooned by Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the song "Hello My Baby," might well be the most exquisitely sung line in all recorded music.
		Thought I would give Ladysmith a try based on the good reviews it received here and was not dissapointed.
		LBM are a refined product of traditional South African choral singing, that provides the special flavor to modern SA popular music.
	www.amazon.ca /Shaka-Zulu-Ladysmith-Black-Mambazo/dp/B000002LBQ (725 words)

	Ladysmith Black Mambazo Discography
		Ladysmith's full sound and interesting rhythms are here, along with a beautiful message of hope and thanks to their many fans worldwide.
		Paul Simon was wise to feature this great group in his release "Graceland." Their inimitable style as well as beautiful voices help make Ladysmith one of the most popular groups to come out of Africa.
		The joy permeates the music of the country's most popular (a cappella) group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, led by Joseph Shabalala.
	www.singers.com /ladysmithtitle.html (540 words)

	NPR : Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live in Studio 4A
		Morning Edition, February 13, 2004 ·; Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the most famous practitioner of the a cappella singing style derived from traditional South African isicathamiya music.
		South Africa is gearing up for new elections, a decade after the country's first democratic elections swept away apartheid and made Nelson Mandela the country's first fl president.
		In addition to Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo consists of Jockey Shabalala, Msizi Shabalala, Thulani Shabalala, Sibongiseni Shabalala, Thamsanqa Shabalala, Albert Mazibuko, Abednego Mazibuko, Russel Mthembu and Jabulani Dubazana.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1672483 (438 words)

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