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Ibhayibheli Liyindlela
''Ibhayibheli Liyindlela'' is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was released in 1984 and was a religious release focusing on songs such as "Ujesu Wami" ("My Jesus") and "Ibhayibheli Lami" ("My Bible"). The album (#BL 472) was recorded on March 7, 1984, and released on March 26 of that year. The members who sang in the Ibhayibheli Liyindlela album were Albert Mazibuko Funokwakhe Mazibuko Ben Shabalala Jockey Shabalala Fikile Groonwell Khumalo Abednego Mazibuko Joseph Shabalala Milton Mazibuko Headman Shabalala Patrick Zondo Russell Mthembu Jabulani Dubazana Track listing # "Kuzohlatshelelwa" (There will be singing) # "Ibhayibheli Lami" ("My Bible") # "Umthombo Wegazi" ("The Well of Blood") # "Ngeke Ngiphinde" (“I Will Never Again”) # "Ujesu Wami" ("My Jesus") # "Hlangabeza Ujesu" (“Meet Jesus Halfway”) # "Ivangeli Labasha" # "Waktazulwa" # "Khaya Lami" ("My Home") # "Vul' Inhliziyo" (“Open Your Heart”) # "Inyanga Enkulu" # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isicathamiya
Isicathamiya (with the "c" pronounced as a dental click) is a singing style that originated from the South African Zulus. In European understanding, a cappella is also used to describe this form of singing. The word itself does not have a literal translation; it is derived from the Zulu verb ''-cathama'', which means ''walking softly'', or ''tread carefully''. Isicathamiya contrasts with an earlier name for Zulu a cappella singing, mbube, meaning "lion". The change in name marks a transition in the style of the music: traditionally, music described as mbube is sung loudly and powerfully, while isicathamiya focuses more on achieving a harmonious blend between the voices. The name also refers to the style's tightly choreographed dance moves that keep the singers on their toes. South African singing groups such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo demonstrate this style. Isicathamiya choirs are traditionally all male. Its roots reach back before the turn of the 20th century, when numerous men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallo Record Company
Gallo Record Company is the largest (and oldest independent) record label in South Africa. It is based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is owned by Arena Holdings. The current Gallo Record Company is a hybrid of two South African record labels, rivals between the 1940s and 1980s: the original Gallo Africa (1926–85) and G.R.C. (Gramophone Record Company, 1939–85). In 1985 Gallo Africa acquired G.R.C.; as a result, Gallo Africa became known as Gallo-GRC. Five years after the acquisition, the company was renamed Gallo Record Company. History Eric Gallo set up a one-man business, the Brunswick Gramophone House, in 1926. The record shop was originally devised to distribute records from the US-based Brunswick Records into South Africa. However, noticing the lack of recording facilities (as well as the amount of local talent) in the country, Gallo decided to form a recording studio in 1932 and, borrowing equipment (and a sound engineer) from the then just-defunct Metropole compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Nkosi
West Nkosi (born Mkhubatseli West Nkosi, 1940 – 8 October 1998) was a South African music producer, saxophonist and songwriter. Nkosi was born in Nelspruit, South Africa. He was an original member of the Makgona Tsohle Band which backed Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. He was also a producer in the Mavuthela Music subsidiary of Gallo Record Company where he produced thousands of recordings by several famous South African artists, including the first 22 records for Ladysmith Black Mambazo (he managed the group until their international discovery in 1987). Nkosi also produced all the international releases for Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, and the Makgona Tsohle Band between 1986 and 1991, when he left both the Mahlathini and the Queens and Makgona Tsohle to concentrate solely on producing. Nkosi did, however, return to the recording studio with the critically acclaimed ''Rhythm of Healing: Supreme Sax and Penny Whistle Township Jive'', in 1993. Nkosi was paralyzed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Induku Zethu
''Induku Zethu'' is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The album (#BL 393) shows the group on the front cover photograph wearing traditional Zulu people, Zulu attire, with lead singer and founder Joseph Shabalala out front brandishing a spear (the album's title translated into English is "Our Fighting Sticks"). The album was released in 1983, and reissued internationally in 1984 by Shanachie Records. Critical reception Robert Christgau called the album "serious, intricate, droll, eerie, precisely rehearsed, and very beautiful." The ''Los Angeles Times'' wrote that "the octet's rich vocal blend focuses on deep unison harmonies that soothe more than evoke the call-and-response release of American gospel." Track listing # "Mangosuthu" # "Induku Zethu" (Our Fighting Sticks) # "Vukani" (Wake Up) # "Kubi Ukungalaleli" # "Ithemba Lakho" (Your Hope) # "Isono Sami Sentombi" # "Ingwe Idla Ngamabala" (A Leopard Is Recognisable By Its Spots) # "Umzalwan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inkazimulo
''Inkazimulo'' is an album by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The members who sang in the Inkazimulo album were Joseph Shabalala Inos Phungula Albert Mazibuko Headman Shabalala Jabulani Dubazana Russell Mthembu Geophrey Mdletshe Abednego Mazibuko Jockey Shabalala Ben Shabalala . It was released in 1985 and was a primarily religious release (as had most of the group's output by this time). The album was recorded a year before the group's collaboration with Paul Simon on his ''Graceland'' album and tour. Track listing # "E Golgotha" ("At Golgotha Calvary ( la, Calvariae or ) or Golgotha ( grc-gre, Γολγοθᾶ, ''Golgothâ'') was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where Jesus was said to have been crucified according to the canonical Gospels. Since at least the early mediev ...") # "Izindlela Zimbili" # "Saba Khuluma Izindaba" # "I Love Jesus" # "Umthetho" # "U Jesu Uyeza" ("Jesus, Come to Me") # "Makabongwe" ("Halleluya") # "Vater Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; and to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini. It also completely enclaves the country Lesotho. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World, and the second-most populous country located entirely south of the equator, after Tanzania. South Africa is a biodiversity hotspot, with unique biomes, plant and animal life. With over 60 million people, the country is the world's 24th-most populous nation and covers an area of . South Africa has three capital cities, with the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government based in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town respectively. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of the population are Black South Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isicathamiya
Isicathamiya (with the "c" pronounced as a dental click) is a singing style that originated from the South African Zulus. In European understanding, a cappella is also used to describe this form of singing. The word itself does not have a literal translation; it is derived from the Zulu verb ''-cathama'', which means ''walking softly'', or ''tread carefully''. Isicathamiya contrasts with an earlier name for Zulu a cappella singing, mbube, meaning "lion". The change in name marks a transition in the style of the music: traditionally, music described as mbube is sung loudly and powerfully, while isicathamiya focuses more on achieving a harmonious blend between the voices. The name also refers to the style's tightly choreographed dance moves that keep the singers on their toes. South African singing groups such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo demonstrate this style. Isicathamiya choirs are traditionally all male. Its roots reach back before the turn of the 20th century, when numerous men ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Ladysmith Black Mambazo are a South African male choral group singing in the local vocal styles of ''isicathamiya'' and '' mbube''. They became known internationally after singing with Paul Simon on his 1986 album ''Graceland'', and have won multiple awards, including five Grammy Awards, dedicating their fifth Grammy to the late former President Nelson Mandela. Formed by Joseph Shabalala in 1960, Ladysmith Black Mambazo became one of South Africa's most prolific recording artists, with their releases receiving gold and platinum disc honours. The group became a mobile academy of South African cultural heritage through their African indigenous ''isicathamiya'' music. History Joseph Shabalala formed Ladysmith Black Mambazo because of a series of dreams he had in 1964, in which he heard certain ''isicathamiya'' harmonies (''isicathamiya'' being the traditional music of the Zulu people). Following their local success at wedding ceremonies and other gatherings, Shabalala entered th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Albums
Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). * January 10 ** The United States and the Vatican City, Vatican (Holy See) restore full diplomatic relations. ** The Victoria, Seychelles, Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the Indian Ocean Commission. *January 24 – Steve Jobs launches the Macintosh 128K, Macintosh personal computer in the United States. February * February 3 ** Dr. John Buster and the research team at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center announce history's first embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth. ** STS-41-B: Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th Space Shuttle mission. * February 7 – Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
