Tuesday 6 December 2016

4 Time Grammy Award-Winning South African group gets nominated again!!!

  • It is the group's 20th nomination since 1988.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1
South African male choral group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been nominated for the 2017 Grammy Awards.
It is their 20th nomination since 1988, two years after performing with US musician, Paul Simon on his 1986 album, Graceland.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo was nominated in the ‘Best World Music Album’ category forWalking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers along with Celtic Woman (Destiny), Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble (Sing Me Home), Anoushka Shankar (Land Of Gold), and Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil (Dois Amigos, Um Século De Música: Multishow Live).
Walking In The Footsteps Of Our Fathers was released in September 2016.
The South African group that sings in the vocal styles of isicathamiya and mbube has released over 50 studio albums since it was formed in 1960.

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