I heard The Boy in The Bubble (Graceland’s first track) for the first when I was in 6th grade. My dad played it for a friend and me one Saturday evening on my new CD player and I think my mouth fell open as soon as I heard that unique intro. I lack the vocabulary [...]
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December 19, 2008
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
If you read my post on South African Zulu music, you might remember that Isicathamiya is a musical style, originally from the mines, that consists of a cappella male voices singing smoothly and accompanied by tip-toe dancing.
This style was in fact introduced by Ladysmith Black Mambazo themselves, as they softened down the loud voices of [...]
December 19, 2008
South African Zulu music
You may be thinking “weird…” or “WTF?” or, for those of you living in Spain, “Qué friqui!”. But you have surely heard this, which is a cover of a Zulu song: WATCH NOW. (Yeah… Either YouTube or WordPress was messing with me and wouldn’t allow me to embed the video so you’ll have to bear [...]
