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So i said, well, were all here. We might as well try to do another track, so we did what became diamonds on the soles of her shoes. Mazibuko they were doing the song and then they stopped and paul simon said to mr. Shabalala can you play this song . Im just doing this song diamonds on the soles of her shoes. And then so joseph just took a piece paper and then the pen and then he wrote it down in only a few words. What were the words . [chanting lyric in zulu language] amanto mbazane ayeza shes a...

At a point when it looked like his time in the music limelight might be behind him, Paul Simon came roaring back with a major triumph in Graceland. Released in 1986, the album found Simon plopping his searching lyrics down into World Music settings, with a who's who of stellar musicians from all over the globe helping him bring it all to life. There aren't any flawed songs in the album, which makes choosing the top five songs from it a tough task. But that's what we're here t...

Chikapa, as he was popularly known, died in 2017 after a battle with lung cancer at age 70

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Former Ilanga keyboard player and sound engineer Keith Farquharson announced the opening of Bridgenorth Studios, a state of the art studio in Harare last week. Farquharson has mixed and mastered some of Zimbabwe’s best musicians’ music including Oliver Mtukudzi, Jah Prayzah, Alexio Kawara and Chiwoniso Maraire.

Raising our profile: Roping in comedian Trevor Noah to promote South Africa as a destination was a stroke of genius.

In partnership with the National Theater and Concert Hall of Taiwan, join Asia Society Texas for the workshop premiere of 'sisila ila ila: saying goodbye,' a unique musical work about the environment with shadow puppetry and whale songs!

(PARAMUS, NJ) — Iranian American sound/performance artist Sholeh Asgary and ECM recording artist/clarinetist David Rothenberg will perform in an evening of new music and improvisation at Bergen Community College’s Gallery Bergen on Friday, November 3, 2023, beginning at 7:00pm. Ghost Wind is a part of the ongoing exhibition at the gallery, The Cup Flows Over: Art from the Soul of Iran presenting the art of contemporary Iranian artists from Iran and the diaspora. This event is free and open t...

Businessman Somandla Sibisi's nightclub, Live Café, was frozen by the National Prosecuting Authority's Assets (NPA) Forfeiture Unit (AFU).

For her eponymous debut, 27-year-old Malawi native Keturah presents a world-class collection of world music. This is gorgeous stuff, harvested from a garden of delights representing an impressive spread of flavours and textures. Malawi has always been a musical cauldron containing a spicy gumbo with ingredients from a loosely assembled recipe of American and British