Say what you will about Paul Simon`s ”Graceland” album or his recent semi-disastrous South African tour, he did accomplish one thing. Until Simon introduced the South African black township sound ...

1999 - Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, lead singer of South African group Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, dies in Vosloorus of complications from diabetes. He is 62. By Billboard Staff 2003 – The 20th ...

They called him Mahlathini – the Bull. He made several fortunes with his amazing voice. Simon Nkabinde grew up in Alexandra. He joined Big Voice Jack Lerole in a pennywhistle band. By 1955, at the age ...

I first saw the all-singing, all-dancing Mahotella Queens back in the late 1980s, when they were on their epic tour of Europe, Asia, and the Americas, with their incomparable backing band, Makgona ...

Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, known as the "Lion Of Soweto", was not allowed to leave South Africa until the mid-1980s, when he was invited to perform at a pioneering festival of music in Angouleme, ...

Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens (also known as Mahlathini and the Girls of Mgqashiyo) were the iconic Mbaqanga supergroup best known for unforgettable tracks such as I’m In Love with A Rastaman, ...

"An Earthworks production for Virgin Records."--Insert. Program notes by Donald McRae on insert. siris_sil_396332 ...

"An Earthworks production for Virgin Records."--Insert. Program notes by Donald McRae on insert. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...