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 ...

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 ...

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 be heating things up with their performance on January 30th at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. For over 50 years, South Africa’s Five Time Grammy Award winners Ladysmith ...

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 ...

FARGO - Albert Mazibuko remembers the moment he knew his voice could make a difference. It was a Sunday morning in mid-October 1969 at home in South Africa. His cousin Joseph Shabalala had asked ...

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 ...

He had a dream. Not the wishing kind of dream but the sleeping kind. The dream told him of a type of singing group he should create: a choral group singing in perfect harmony, specifically ...