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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a popular South African group also known for working on Paul Simon's
“Graceland” album, will perform Saturday, Aug. 4 as part o f the Oregon Zoo's summer concert series.
B U S I N E S S G u id e
Zoo Brings Sounds of South Africa
Celebrated
musicians break
racial barriers
Two venerable acts from the
townships of South Africa will make
up one of the best world-music
double bills in recent memory on
Saturday, Aug. 4, when the Johnny
Clegg Band and Ladysmith Black
Mambazo play at the Oregon Zoo’s
summer concert series, presented
by Regence BlueCross BlueShield
of Oregon with support from U.S.
Bank and Toyota.
Clegg, a white Englishman who
grew up in several African coun
tries, is one of South Africa’s most
celebrated musicians, having sold
more than 5 million albums world
wide over a career spanning four
decades.
An outspoken critic of apartheid,
Clegg joined forces with Zulu musi
cian Sipho Mchunu in 1969 to form
Juluka, South Africa’s first widely
popular mixed-race band. His vi
brant blend of folky western pop
and Zulu rhythms made him a huge
star on the international scene and
helped break down racial barriers in
his own country.
A cappella group, Ladysmith
Black M ambazo has also been am
bassadors for their hom eland.
Though not widely known out
Tabe the
A
side of South Africa prior to work
ing on Paul Sim on’s landm ark
“G ra c e la n d ” alb u m in 1986,
Ladysmith Black M ambazo has
enjoyed a prolific recording ca
reer since the early ’70s, releasing
more than 50 albums.
The group’s first U.S. release,
“Shaka Zulu,” was produced by
Simon and won the 1987 Grammy
Award for best traditional folk re
cording. Since then, Ladysmith
Black Mambazo has been nominated
for a dozen more Grammys, winning
twice.
Tickets for the Aug. 4 concert are
$28 and can be purchased at the zoo
during normal operating hours, and
at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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