| All Artists: Soweto Gospel Choir Title: Blessed Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: ABC Music Oz Release Date: 7/18/2005 Album Type: Import Genres: International Music, Pop, Gospel Style: Africa Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 602517777941, 932558302902 |
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 | Soweto Gospel Choir Blessed Genres: International Music, Pop, Gospel The Soweto Gospel Choir is an all-star aggregation in the vein of Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo of top singers from South Africa's famous township--Soweto. They've achieved breakthrough success in Europe (two sold... more » |
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About the Artist The Soweto Gospel Choir is an all-star aggregation in the vein of Grammy-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo of top singers from South Africa's famous township--Soweto. They've achieved breakthrough success in Europe (two sold-out shows at London's Royal Festival Hall!), Africa, and Australia as their exhilarating voices create a blend of extraordinary beauty that thrills audiences everywhere. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsBreathtaking Gavin B. | St. Louis MO | 05/31/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "The Soweto Gospel Choir performs gospel music, traditional African music and even pop music using the call and response vocal techniques that are associated with Soweto Township in South Africa. I've never heard this music performed by such a large ensemble of singers and the results are as soulful and deeply inspiring as any music you are likely to hear on this planet of ours. "Asimbonanga/Biko" is a gorgeous rendering two combined songs, one by popular South African musician Johnny Clegg and the other a tribute to Steven Biko by England's Peter Gabriel. There are English language versions of songs of familiar songs like "I Bid You Goodnight", "Swing Down", "Kumbaya" and a rendition of "Oh Happy Day" that gives the Edwin Hawkins Choir's original version a run for the money. "Mbube" is the version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which brings it all back home to the African roots of the popular Tokens tune from the Sixties. There are also some up-tempo tunes like "Njalo" in the ju-ju music tradition which sound quite a bit like the hip shaking socca dance music of played in West Indian nations like Trinidad, Tabago, Bardados and Dominica. "Weeping" sounds like an American pop tune straight from repertoire of a jazzy musical stylist like Roberta Flack or Nora Jones. As with every previous reviewer I can't think of enough good things to say about the Soweto Gospel Choir. Take me at my word, they are breathtaking." WOW!!!!!!! torri22 | near Columbus, Ohio USA | 02/25/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "What a wonderful choir. I drove two hours to hear them, just for fun. I had no idea what I was in for. I have been to hundreds of concerts in my lifetime, from every style of music ever created. This was one of the best live performances ever to grace this earth. I am going to drive five hours and take my family, so they may experience such wonderful music and a beautiful spiritual connection with God. I cried, smiled, danced, etc. just listening to the cd, just think how moved you'd be if you experienced them live. A+ for music, vocals, harmony, performance, dance, richness in spirit, etc." Wonderful in concert Prisca Low | Trinity, FL | 02/02/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "My husband and I just saw them at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. The song "I Bid You Goodnight" is a lovely lullaby. Their version of "O Happy Day" is a knockout. I highly recommend that you see them in concert if you're able. They'll be in the United States until April."
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