Episode 19-7: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

About This Episode

Ladysmith Black Mambazo was founded by Joseph Shabalala in South
Africa in the early 1960s. The group sings a traditional style
called isicathamiya (is-cot-a-ME-Ya), developed in the mines of
South Africa. Called South Africa’s Cultural Ambassadors to the
World by Nelson Mandela, they became known to mainstream
audiences through their collaboration with Paul Simon on the
Graceland album.


Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s recording career currently includes
more than seventy albums, earning nineteen GRAMMY Award
nominations and five GRAMMY Award wins; Shaka Zulu (1988), Raise
Your Spirit Higher (2004), Ilembe (2009), Singing For Peace
Around the World (2013), and Shaka Zulu Revisited (2017).


In addition to their work with Paul Simon, Ladysmith Black
Mambazo has recorded with Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Sarah
McLachlan, Josh Groban, Emmylou Harris, Melissa Etheridge, and
many others. They have provided music for many movies, have
appeared on Broadway where they were nominated for a Tony Award
and even had a documentary film, titled On Tip Toe: Gentle Steps
to Freedom, the Story of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, nominated for
an Academy Award.


Ladysmith Black Mambazo carries a message of Peace, Love and
Harmony as they travel the world year after year. They bring this
message, in song and dance, to every theater they perform in. We
hope you will join them as they sing their message.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


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