Joseph Shabalala

[humprof]

Oof. First Lyle Mays, now Joseph Shabalala. (I still think we need a separate "Obits" forum....) The longtime leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (and collaborator with Paul Simon) died yesterday in Praetoria. A giant of South African and "World"--and, really world--music. Time to bust out Long Walk to Freedom.

New York Times obituary by Jon Pareles.

 

[esimms86]

Oof. First Lyle Mays, now Joseph Shabalala. (I still think we need a separate "Obits" forum....) The longtime leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo (and collaborator with Paul Simon) died yesterday in Praetoria. A giant of South African and "World" (and, really world) music. Time to bust out Long Walk to Freedom.

Yeah, the loss of Joseph Shabalala and Lyle Mays on the same day was a painful one-two punch. Mays was only 66.

 

[esimms86]

To compound the sadness, Mays also lost part of his musical legacy in the 2008 Universal Music Group fire.

 

[atrocity]

The American CBS TV network took a while to embrace stereo, but they finally had it in place for the 1987 Grammys. When Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo showed up, the sound was absolutely gorgeous.

 

[Mark Anderson]

The local CBS affiliate never broadcast in stereo until DTV came out and all the live music I taped like the Grammy's prior to then were mono. Made me mad as hell as all the other stations were broadcasting MTS and cable FM.
I still watch that performance today as live shows like that are in rotation on the media server when guest come by.
Great performance

 

[humprof]

On Friday, Terry Gross re-ran her 1991 Fresh Air interview with Shabalala:

https://www.npr.org/2020/02/14/8060...-shabalala-founder-of-ladysmith-black-mambazo