This year, Ladysmith Black Mambazo is celebrating six decades of bringing joyous and uplifting music to people all over the world. Founded and originally led by Joseph Shabalala, the group celebrates ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform July 18 in Mechanics Hall. The male a cappella vocal group from South Africa dates back to 1960. The group's songs are centered around "hope, peace and love," says ...

It was Paul Simon’s 1986 album “Graceland” that introduced Ladysmith Black Mambazo to the world. The two tracks the group was featured on made such an impact that the a cappella group from South ...

Benaroya Hall is a long way from the diamond mines of South Africa in the 19th century. Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Grammy Award-winning, eight-member, all-male vocal group originally from Ladysmith, ...

Long before the end of apartheid in South Africa, the founder of the Zulu singing group Ladysmith Black Mambazo wrote his first song. Called “Nomathemba,” it was titled after a girl’s name, which ...

Albert Mazibuko almost bubbles over with enthusiasm when he talks about his band’s latest tour. Even though the Grammy Award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo has played its songs around the world for ...

Often singing in a Zulu dialect that spikes like Puerto Rican Spanish melding with melodic French, Ladysmith Black Mambazo performed for two sold-out Caffé Lena crowds last Saturday. For the second ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Live at NPRThe centerpiece of this hour of music is a session with the South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo. They spent some time in NPR's Studio 4A not long ...

During his 65 years, Albert Mazibuko has gone from living under apartheid and herding cattle to living free and touring the world. He is one of the nine members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, which will ...