The Soweto Gospel Choir releases three singles, continues ‘Hope” tour in the U.S. *“I’m a founding member….23 years in the choir,” said Soweto Gospel Choir Master Shimmy Jiyane as we talked about the ...

September 10, 2024 • World Cafe correspondent John Morrison digs into the South African gospel group's latest record, which recontextualizes classic club hits. February 11, 2019 • We're approaching 11 ...

South Africa's Soweto Gospel Choir combines traditional African gospel and Western Christian music to form a rich, unique sound. In a visit to NPR, members of the group perform songs from their new CD ...

Prayer combined with protest, holiness mixed with justified hostility — these are the hallmarks of the Soweto Gospel Choir’s repertoire. It’s a mixture of feelings the group has imbibed from birth in ...

Dressed in vibrant costumes, the Soweto Gospel Choir blends the rich sounds of traditional African music with dance and a variety of musical genres — rock and hip-hop, and American gospel and R&B — ...

The Soweto Gospel Choir from South Africa—which has performed with everyone from Bono and Diana Ross to Josh Groban and John Legend, and won an Emmy and two Grammys—is touring North America through ...

Few ensembles embody the intertwining of artistry and political memory as fully as the Soweto Gospel Choir. Emerging in a country still reckoning with the psychological scars of apartheid, the group ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A three-time Grammy Award-winning gospel choir is performing at the Wilson Center this September. The South African worship group Soweto Gospel Choir is a 20-member ensemble ...

In December, 2002 their first album “Voices of Heaven” was recorded and went on to reach the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s World Music Chart within 3 weeks of its release in the US. In 2003 the choir won ...

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