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It was the South African sounds on Paul Simon's Graceland that first brought world music into the spotlight, and from there it's continued to shine. This album doesn't try to be The Indestructible Beat of Soweto; instead, it covers a wider canvas of the country's musical range. Along with mbaqanga, the style that's become so recognizably South African, there's the reggae of Lucky Dube (who would love to be Bob Marley), township jazz from Miriam Makeba, straight jazz from Hugh Masekela, and the ineffable Zulu harmonies of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose a cappella singing has both richness and emotion. The late Mahlathini roars in
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Manufacturer: Putumayo World Music
Release date: 25 April 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0790248016320 UPC: 790248016320
Release date: 25 April 2000
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0790248016320 UPC: 790248016320
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