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Soweto Gospel Choir collaborates with U2
South African gospel group Soweto Gospel Choir has teamed up with international rockers U2 on a world cup project. The Grammy Award-winning groups have recorded music that will be used on sports channel, ESPN, during the FIFA World Cup. “ESPN is thrilled to bring U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir together to tell our FIFA World Cup [...]
Continue reading...Soweto Gospel Choir – Album Review
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Artist: Soweto Gospel Choir Album title: Grace Year of release: 2009 Soweto Gospel Choir’s fifth album, Grace, sticks to the group’s signature sound. The 19-track disk is a spiritual offering that is consciously fashioned to please many audiences. It’s very entertaining, and stands a chance to expand the choir’s musical reach into many cultures of the world. Released on [...]
Continue reading...Family “let down” after death of legendary muso
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Author: Eddie Hatitye The family of deceased legendary gospel musician David Mulovhedzi is “disappointed” with the support they got from fellow South Africans when their father died late last year. Mulovedzi, who was the co-founder of the multi-Grammy award winning Soweto Gospel Choir passed away in December last year, but his family fears that some of [...]
Continue reading...Soweto Gospel Choir collaborates with Akon, Keri Hilson
Friday, February 12, 2010
Eddie Hatitye South African’s Soweto Gospel Choir has partnered with acclaimed US R&B stars; Akon and Keri Hilson, to record a charity song titled “Oh Africa”. The song, written by a popular American hip hop duo called Rock City and sponsored by Pepsi, also features 16 aspiring musicians from across the world. The Soweto choir adds an [...]
Continue reading...Soweto Gospel Choir drops Fringe due to high demand
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Backed by a huge international fan base, The Soweto Gospel Choir has rounded off a scintillating month-long series of concerts at the Edinburgh International Festival, the world’s largest open access arts festival. But their legendary performances will be greatly missed as the choir regrettably announces that they can no longer devote a month to performing [...]
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Monday, May 10, 2010
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