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Soweto Gospel Choir Takes Grammy Award |
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Feb. 13 (GIN) – “Blessed,” the inspirational album by South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir, carried off a Grammy for Best Traditional World Music at the 49th annual Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this week.
Pallo Jordan, South Africa’s arts and culture minister, congratulated the Choir: "Their achievement demonstrates that South African talent … is of world class."
"Hearing the full choir harmonize sounds … like a pipe organ roaring to life," wrote the Atlanta Journal Constitution in a recent review.
Made up of the best singers from the Holy Jerusalem Choir, as well as various Soweto churches and from the general public, the choir performs in traditional South African garb, and sings spirituals, traditional Zulu, Xhosa and Sotho gospel songs interspersed with popular songs and folk anthems.
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