Many people consider South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir to be the most exciting group to emerge in world music in recent years. That claim is backed up by the fact they’ve won two Grammies.
The Choir’s repertoire reflects their faith and spiritual journey. Their latest show, African Spirit, is sung in six different languages.
Since the choir’s first international performances in Australia in 2003, Soweto Gospel Choir has become a worldwide phenomenon, performing sell-out concerts across the world and singing alongside superstars including Bono, Queen, Annie Lennox, Diana Ross, Jimmy Cliff and Celine Dion, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and others.
They’re in Perth for four concerts. Pauline and I were privileged to be in the audience for the first of those concerts last night at His Majesty’s Theatre.
It was a real pleasure to welcome a number of representatives from the choir to the studio this morning during my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM. I had opportunity to talk to a couple of members and enjoy a live performance in the studio.
You can hear the interview by clicking on the play button of the audio player at the bottom of this post.
It was fantastic to hear them talk about their faith and the opportunities they have to talk about spirituality to such diverse audiences.
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We had the Watoto Childrens Choir at Whitehill tonight – I headed back there… absolutly brillient…. love those kids so much.
Will have photos up eventually – i took a lot
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I loved the photos you posted, Deano. I hope I’ll get to see Watoto in concert someday. They have an amazing story to tell.