isicathamiya

SIP Isicathamiya Music Awards 2021

Kulempelasonto sithi “cothoza mfana” sikunjalo. Ngomgqibelo abathandi bomculo wesicathamiya bazobe behlangene eBAT Centre kumaSIP Isicathamiya Music Awards.  Ingwazi kulomculo wesicathamiya uDkt Victor Mkhize weColenso Abafana Benkokhelo uzokonyeliswa ngeLifetime Achievement Award. Lomqhudelwano wezindondo (awards) ubamnyaka yonke. Kulonyaka, ongumsunguli walo mqhudelwano uthe uMkhize uqokwe ngenxa yegalelo lakhe ekuqhakambiseni umculo wesicathamiya emazweni angaphandle. Ngokusho kukaSaziso Dlamini weSIP Music … Read more

UJoseph Shabalala

UJoseph Shabalala, owazalwa nguBhekizizwe Joseph Siphatamandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala eMnambithi, KwaZulu-Natali, ungumsunguli nomqondisi womculo weqembu i-Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Umsebenzi womculo kaShabalala uqale ngokusuka kwakhe eMnambithi waya eThekwini. Ngemuva kokuhlala isikhashana ne-Durban Choir wajoyina iqembu lesicathamiya ,i- ‘The Highlanders’, eyayiholwa iqhawe uGaliyane Hlatshwayo. Hlatshwayo owayesebenza njengomeluleki, ekhuthaza uShabalala ukuthi asebenzise izwi lakhe ngamandla. Lesi sikhuthazo … Read more

Isicathamiya: Sebehlasele Umoya Wami

Sesike sabhala kaningani ngohlobo lobuciko ekuthiwa isicathamiya. Isicathamiya saduma kakhulu ngeqembu lo mculo elidume umhlaba wonke, iLadysmith Black Mambazo. Yize abanye bangaze basole sengathi loluhlobo lo mculo luthandwa abantu abadala kuphela, yiningi intsha ewuthandayo lo mculo. Lapha ngezansi sishicilele amaciko aholwa yintombi yakwaMacingwane, uZoliswa Mchunu. Amaciko lawa ahuba ingoma ethi: “Sebehlasele Umoya Wami”. Le ngoma … Read more

Africa’s Time

If you’re away from home at the moment and find yourself in need of a reminder of Africa’s great beauty then spend a few moments watching Jérémy Olivier’s new single, Africa’s Time, featuring the legendary choral group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (LBM). Not only will you get to hear the soothing isicathamiya tunes of five time Grammy winners, … Read more

Umncintiswano weLadysmith Black Mambazo

Iqembu lezika cothoza mfana elidume umhlaba wonke iLadysmith Black Mambazo ithathe igxathu elihle ekubuyiseni esizweni iphinde ifake isandla ekuthuthukisweni komculo wesintu isicathamiya. Lokhu ngikuphimisa ngoba leli qembu livule ngokusemthethweni isikhungo somculo wesicathamiya lapho bezobe behambela ezifundeni ezahlukene. Inhloso enkulu yalesikhungo ukuvundulula amaciko esicathamiya, kanti ke futhi nokugqamisa lomculo ebantwini. Lo mzungezo uqale ngomhlaka 12 kwephezulu … Read more

Isicathamiya nentsha

Isicathamiya nguhlobo lo mculo ojulile ojwayele ukukhashwa wukunyakaza noma ukudansa ngendlela ehlelekile iqembu lezinsizwa. Ngokubika kwabasemlandweni, lo mculo waqala ukuduma ngeminyaka yo-1920 kuya ko-1930 lapho khona abantu abaningi besilisa babesuka ezindaweni zasemakhaya beya emadolobheni beya kosebenza. Umsuka wona walomculo kuthiwa umdala kakhulu kodwa kuneminyaka yo-1920 ngoba abalobi bomlando babika ukuthi umthelela wokwakheka kwesicathamiya ngamaZulu usuka … Read more