South African traditional choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo have won their fourth Grammy Award.
The music group shared the award with flamenco fusionists the Gipsy Kings for Best World Music Album.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose rhythmic a cappella performances preserve the musical traditions of South Africa’s black mine workers, shared the Grammy for their live album Singing for Peace Around the World.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose rhythmic a cappella performances preserve the musical traditions of South Africa’s black mine workers, shared the Grammy for their live album Singing for Peace Around the World.
The choir was thrust before a global audience in 1986 when it collaborated on Paul Simon’s groundbreaking Grammy-winning album Graceland and joined the US songwriter’s ensuing tour.
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