Joseph Shabalala, who has died aged 78, was the founder, leader and musical director of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the most popular vocal group Africa has ever produced. They may be an a cappella choir ...

Joseph Shabalala, the retired founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo who rose to wider fame after appearing on Paul Simon's Graceland, has died at age 78. The singer-songwriter later produced the group's ...

Joseph Shabalala, founder of the South African a cappella vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose breathtakingly complex and scintillating harmonies shot the group to global fame in the 1980s when ...

Joseph Shabalala and members of Ladysmith Black Mambazo visited KCRW in 1988 to perform in the old basement studio. We share audio excerpts from that interview for this remembrance. Shabalala and ...

Joseph Shabalala, founder and director of the Grammy-winning South African vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo, died Tuesday, the South Africa Times reports. He was 78. Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s ...

Joseph Shabalala, wafashije kuzana muzika gakondo y'aba-Zulu mu ruhando rwa muzika ku isi yatabarutse ku myaka 78. Azwi cyane nk'uwashinze akanayobora korali ya muzika yitwa Ladysmith Black Mambazo ...

Joseph Shabalala was written into the song Under African Skies in 1986, when he and his band collaborated with Paul Simon on the album Graceland. The album went on to be a huge success. It sold more ...

Joseph Shabalala, founder of the South African a cappella vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose breathtakingly complex and scintillating harmonies shot the group to global fame in the 1980s when ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo has lost its leader. Joseph Shabalala, the singer who formed the internationally renowned South African choral group, died Tuesday in Pretoria at age 78. The five-time Grammy ...

Joseph Shabalala, founder of Grammy award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has died at the age of 78, the group said Tuesday. “Bhekizizwe Joseph Shabalala. Our Founder, our Teacher and most ...