More South African music

More bits of South African music I like:

African Jazz Pioneers and Jonas Gwangwa from the best of South African Live jazz on the John Player Jazz Music Special:



Koos du Plessis singing one of his compositions, Skielik is jy vry (Suddenly you're free):



Josh Groban, Vusi Mahlasela (who comes from Mamelodi, not too far from where I live!) and the Soweto Gospel Choir, singing Weeping at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert at Hyde Park in London in June 2008. Weeping is remarkable for the fact that, even though it was a protest song, it avoided being banned in the 1980s, a time when banning was all the rage, and instead became a hit. Weeping was composed by Dan Heymann and originally sung by the Cape Town band, Bright Blue.

Labels: African Jazz Pioneers, Bright Blue, Jonas Gwangwa, Josh Groban, Koos du Plessis, Nelson Mandela Birthday Concert, South African music, Soweto Gospel Choir, Vusi Mahlasela, Weeping

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