Aug 17, 2019
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.
Learn more about Michael and where
to get his publications at www.sneezingcow.com.
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