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Pickathon partners with KEXP, Paste to stream this weekend's festival

4293 days ago

Topix — The other day, I was looking for video of Ladysmith Black Mambazo doing their version of Old McDonald, because it's fun. more info

Paul Simon's Graceland – review

4310 days ago

Guardian Music — Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, LondonHe was clearly determined to get it right this time. Twenty-five years on from his controversial Graceland show at the Royal Albert Hall, Paul Simon was at a London festival to revive the songs from his hugely acc... more info

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Music festivals guide 2012: the highlights

4361 days ago

Guardian Music — Who needs Glasto? We have 12 good reasons why 2012's festival season will be one to rememberMADCHESTER RAVES ONThe reformation of baggy heroes the Stone Roses to play T in the Park and V (as well as their own Manchester shows) is the story of the sum... more info

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All-American opera singer finds South African soul

4401 days ago

CNN Showbiz — American opera star Thomas Hampson takes a "Fusion Journey" to Durban, South Africa, to sing with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. more info

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Paul Simon brings Graceland back to London, 25 years after apartheid boycott row

4432 days ago

Guardian Music — Singer to play in Hyde Park as part of anniversary celebrations likely to revive row over 1985 visit to South AfricaIt was one of the most divisive shows in British pop history. On 7 April 1987, Paul Simon brought his best-selling Graceland project t... more info

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo: How we inspired Mandela

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CNN Showbiz — With their soulful voices and traditional Zulu dance moves, South African acappella singing sensation Ladysmith Black Mambazo have been blending vocal harmonies to take audiences on a musical journey for nearly half a century. more info

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Paul Simon: 'Graceland is the peak of my solo career'

4482 days ago

Guardian Music — Singer considers 1986 album to be his greatest – and defends decision to record in South Africa during apartheid regimePaul Simon has said he considers his 1986 album Graceland his greatest musical achievement and has defended his decision to recor... more info

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Paul Simon Doing 25th Anniversary Graceland Tour in 2012

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Paul Simon Plans Graceland Tour, Box Set

4588 days ago

Stereogum — Paul Simon plans to release a box set commemorating the 25th anniversary of his seminal Graceland sometime next spring, and that release will be accompanied by a tour. The box set will include a documentary by director Joe Berlinger, who documented a... more info

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Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares – review

4604 days ago

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThis is how world music started. Twenty-five years ago, the independent record company 4AD released an album of startling, eerie songs by a little-known unaccompanied Bulgarian female folk ensemble that had been recorded more than a ... more info

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