Ilembe [sound recording] : honoring Shaka Zulu / Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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MusicPublisher number: HUCD 3133 | Heads Up International/Gallo Record Co.Spoken language: Zulu, English Series: Heads Up Africa seriesPublication details: Cleveland, OH : Heads Up International ; [Johannesburg, South Africa] : Gallo Record Co., p2008.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inOther title: - Honoring Shaka Zulu
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Main Library | CD | WORLD Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Available | 33111005762790 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One thing about Ladysmith Black Mambazo is that you know exactly what you're getting. Wonderful vocal phrases and answering, and with Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu, it does what it says on the tin, honoring the great leader who really forged the Zulu nation. Group head Joseph Shabalala is still the frontman, and the hushed choral responses to his singing have a kid of awed magic about them. But even at low volume, there's no doubting the passion that pervades it all. The big problem is that the whole album is hushed -- there's no real variety in the arrangements from track to track, and little variation in tempo, which can make it all seem a bit like one endless cut. No doubting the quality, but to really make a lasting impact, it needs something more, like the experimentation they've undertaken in the last few years. It all ends up feeling like a holding action, which is fine, and every group needs them occasionally, but it's not an outstanding work in their canon musically, despite the subject matter and the reverence (quite possibly too reverent) with which they treat it. ~ Chris Nickson
"All tracks composed by Joseph Shabalala"--Insert.
Compact disc.
Includes lyrics ([7] p., folded : col. ill.) inserted in container.
Popular music from South Africa.
O mmu beno mmu (2:40) -- Kuyafundw' osizini (ilembe) (4:48) -- Vela nsizwa (5:13) -- Let's do it (5:07) -- Umon' usuk' esweni (3:10) -- Sizobalanda (5:16) -- This is the way we do (4:57) -- Iphel' emasini (3:50) -- Asekhon' amatshitshi (4:19) -- Hlala nami (4:12) -- Prince of peace (3:19) -- Iphel' emasini (nature effects) (3:50).
Performed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. (Joseph Shabalala, founder, leader & musical director ; Albert Mazibuko ; Msizi Shabalala ; Sibongiseni Shabalala ; Thamsanqa Shabalala ; Thulani Shabalala ; Russel Mthembu ; Abednego Mazibuko).
Recorded at Downtown Studios.
Sung in Zulu and English.