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Remembering Mandela, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Ladysmith Black Mambazo rose to international fame when they collaborated with Paul Simon on the album Graceland, but the group originated twenty years earlier, in the middle 1960s. Their unique name comes from “Ladysmith,” the hometown of the group’s founder, Joseph Shabalala; the black ox, the ubiquitous farming animal in that district; and “mambazo,” the …

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Welcome Back! David Bowie's 1st Single in a Decade, 'Where Are We Now?'

The song is haunting, and so is the video. After a ten-year hiatus, David Bowie is back, having lost none of his melody or mystery. Directed by Tony Oursler with handheld, mobile phone-style video imagery, this deliberately low-tech video is all about what’s lost. It’s shot in Berlin, the city that most exemplifies the transition …

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