Nialler9 — Galway International Arts Festival have announced its lineup for mid-July and it includes a new opera by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh. Music-wise Brian Wilson was already announced for the Absolut Big Top while Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Passe... more info

Cross Rhythms — Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Chris Tomlin on latest Keith & Kristyn Getty album more info

New York Times — Patti Smith, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and Darlene Love will perform. more info

The Telegraph — This glorious 'zulu ballet' is back - and it's even better than before, says Mark Monahan more info

Mercury News, California — Hugh Masekela, Vusi Mahlasela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo have concerts in Berkeley, San Francisco and Santa Cruz in the next two weeks. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ezra Koenig w/ Vampire Weekend in Chicago (more by James Richards IV) Some good and bad news regarding the ongoing UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa festival in NYC. Paul Simon, who was supposed to join Ladysmith Black Mambazo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Paul Simon at Webster Hall in 2011 (more by Ryan Barkan) From October 8 - November 5, Carnegie Hall will be hosting the UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa festival which includes events at Carnegie as well as other... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — As you might expect from a vast continent consisting of a number of countries and thousands of languages, African music is not so easily categorized. Unfortunately, the tendency has been to bag it all together in much the same way we do African lit... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Pop & Hiss is premiering “No More Sorrow,” a track from the forthcoming album by South Africa’s venerated vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a collection that’s especially close to the heart of group founder and leader Joseph Shabalala. more info

Said the Gramophone — Ladysmith Black Mambazo - "Sizobalanda". An incantation for New Year's Eve. I don't speak Zulu, I'm not somewhere with Wikipedia; I don't know what this song is about. So do whatever you want with it. You will anyway - that's... more info