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This masterful South African group only broke out globally in 1986, when Paul Simon tapped (or if you prefer, appropriated) their deep, inventive talent for Graceland. (Some young’uns, meanwhile, probably know them from a Mean Girls tease: “You love Ladysmith Black Mambazo!”) But Joseph Shabalala’s elegant vocal collective has been the preeminent practitioner of the Zulu isicathamiya rhythm, in one form or another, for nearly half a century. Not convinced you should get tickets now? Let’s turn to Nelson Mandela, whom they accompanied to both his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance ceremony and his presidential inauguration: “The members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo are South Africa's cultural ambassadors.”
- by Amos Barshad 01/22/08
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