Pilkington Bedwell has launched Songlines for iPhone and iPod touch, offering content from the much admired world music magazine. Celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009, Songlines , edited by Simon Broughton, co-editor of The Rough Guide to World Music, is a magazine that looks at the world through its music. Covering music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, Songlines features...
Zenzile Miriam Makeba was born in Johannesburg in 1932. Her mother was a Swazi and her father, who died when she was six, was a Xhosa. As a child, she sang at the Kilmerton Training Institute in Pretoria, which she attended for eight years.
Mama Africa was a celebration of South Africa's Miriam Makeba, one year after her death. The stellar line-up of African artists made sure it was a sell-out
Thanks. Thank you for all your prayers and advice. I changed to Co codamol as a painkiller yesterday but will go back to Paracetomol I think. The former is constipational. I cant take Nurofen because of my slight Asthma. I find it difficult to sleep properly and I started on this at 6.30am today. I dont expect any real change in pain until tomorrow at least. Dignity of Death. The programme Something...
Spare Room has three copies of the newly released documentary Soul Power to give away, courtesy of Madman Entertainment NZ. Soul Power centres on the legendary soul music festival held in Zaire in 1974, featuring oustanding footage of James Brown and the JBs, Bill Withers, Miriam Makeba, The Spinners, BB King, The Crusaders...
Filed under: Movies , Television , News , Celeb Updates , Magazines and Newspapers Pam Grier will return to television early next year...and will be playing a bad guy. Well, a bad girl. Again! The CW announced that the 60 year-old 1970s Blaxploitation film icon is joining the cast of the hit drama series 'Smallville,' which is based on the DC Comics Superman series. The savvy casting choice is the...
With a program that consistently attracts a host of wonderful performers and where living legends appear alongside rising stars, London Jazz Festival (LJF) opens at The Barbican this Friday with a spectacular celebration of 100 years of songwriting. Led by trumpeter/arranger extraordinaire Guy Barker, a 40-piece jazz orchestra and a dazzling array of stellar vocalists draw on significant anniversaries...
The organisers of a controversial Miriam Makeba commemorative event and the Department of Arts and Culture are squaring up for an extended legal battle.
By Ofentse Mokae 05 November 2009 The Department of Arts and Culture has announced that it is withdrawing from participating in the Miriam Makeba commemorative concert. The concert was scheduled to take place this weekend. The late Miriam Makeba died last year after suffering a heart attack while taking part in a concert in Italy. The concert, planned for this weekend, was to honour Mama Africa on...
The Arts and Culture Department has withdrawn its support for a Miriam Makeba commemorative concert and instituted legal action against the production company responsible for the show.
Statement by the Director-General of Arts and Culture, Mr Themba Wakashe, the Department of Arts and Culture withdraws its support of Morris Roda Productions on the Miriam Makeba tribute 4 November 2009 Regrettably the Department of Arts and Culture has withdrawn its support from the Miriam Makeba commemorative events planned from 7 to 9 November. The Makeba family had approached the department for...
I was surprised to find that four of the nearly 500 pop OHWs from 1949 till 1968 (I chose 60) were South African: Skokiaan, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Miriam Makeba's Pata Pata and now - Hugh Masekela's Grazing In the Grass Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A. Casuals - Jesamine And finally the ridiculous: Tiny Tim - Tip-Toe Through The Tulips With Me
By Ofentse Mokae 02 November 2009 The national department of arts and culture in partnership with the Makeba family will host a special tribute to honour the music legend, “Mama Africa” Miriam Makeba. The tribute which was initially scheduled for the 7th and 8th of this month has been rescheduled for the 9th. This follows after the Makeba family had approached the Department for support...
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