Long Walk to Freedom

Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom
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Artist: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Brand: Baker Drivetrain
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Music Label: Heads Up
Soundtracks:
  1. Nomathemba
  2. Hello My Baby
  3. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes
  4. Homeless
  5. Rain Rain Beautiful Rain
  6. How Long
  7. Mbube
  8. Amazing Grace/Nearer To My God To Thee
  9. Nkosi Sikelel 'Iafrica
  10. Inkanyezi Nezazi
  11. Shosholoza
  12. Long Walk To Freedom
  13. Thula Thula

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Free Music Review: Ladysmith Black Mambazo at their best yet
Hit: 5 Stars

This album proves it - Ladysmith Black Mambazo are (if not one of) the best African group of all time and listening to this album has been a very pleasant experience.

New recordings of classic Mambazo hits are contained here, featuring collaborations with familiar names Sarah McLachlan (on "Homeless", which originally appeared on the 1986 album "Graceland" with Paul Simon), Melissa Etheridge (on "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes", again from "Graceland"), Natalie Merchant (on "Rain, Rain Beautiful Rain", a track that originally appeared on the 1979 release "Ezinkulu" and the Grammy-winning 1987 "Shaka Zulu") as well as many faces from South Africa.

Zap Mama, headed by Marie Daulne, joins in on the group's "Hello My Baby", which originally appeared alongside "Rain" on "Ezinkulu" in 1979, a horde of artists including Vusi Mahlasela, Hugh Masekela and Lucky Dube appear on the anthem "Shosholoza", Taj Mahal and his wonderful electric guitar appear on Solomon Linda's "Mbube" and we have many other songs as well; "Inkanyezi Nezazi (Star and the Wiseman)", "How Long?", "Long Walk to Freedom" (originally recorded in 2000) and the South African national anthem "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" (God Bless Africa) - not forgetting the first song that the group's leader/founder Joseph Shabalala ever wrote: "Nomathemba". This version of the tune, written in 1966 and made into a Broadway stageplay in 1995, is especially haunting yet soothing.

There is not one dull moment on the album as the harmonies of Mambazo continue to entertain. Noteworthy are the "playing about" sounds on the end of "How Long?", which includes the group 'practicing' in a 'fun' way, there is also the track "Thula Thula", a brand new song that includes only the soft tenor voice of Joseph Shabalala, who displays the sadness yet joyfulness of his country's music. At the end of the track he shouts "Did you record that?" to the sound engineer before bursting into laughter!

Released to coincide with the group's 20th anniversary in the international arena and also the group's landmark 45th anniversary together as a group, "Long Walk to Freedom" is a wonderful addition to any Mambazo fans' collection. It is also a wonderful chance for new fans to discover what Paul Simon felt when he first heard the group. Isicathamiya (or "Mbube") fans will also love this release, which includes two music videos, 18 photographs (1979-2006), a biography and release information.

Classic Mambazo at their best yet - I thoroughly recommend it.
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For more than 30 years, South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo has infused its township sound of Isicathamiya with rich gospel harmonies. LBM's unique sound was brought to American audiences thanks to Paul Simon's landmark Graceland, and the group has toured and recorded tirelessly since. Long Walk To Freedom is a new retrospective in which the group rerecords new versions of songs from throughout its career with help from such guests as Emmylou Harris, Sarah McLachlan, Taj Mahal, and Zap Mama as well as several popular countrymen. As with the Simon album, the North American guests' voices fit hand-in-glove with the group's warm harmonies. Highlights include "Nomathemba," which was the band's first hit in 1973, the popular "Hello My Baby," and the Graceland tunes "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" and "Homeless." Though ostensibly a career retrospective, this new recording actually proves that Ladysmith Black Mambazo has never sounded better. --Tad Hendrickson

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