Guests in Rome can expect to see some of the finest choirs in the world at the Roma Gospel Festival. The event will be kicking off with a bang on December 19th 2010, with the Soweto Gospel Choir taking to the stage at the Parco della Musica. This South African group may be familiar to [...]
November 19, 2010 Elaine News, Schedule From Jonny Clegg’s lateast release Human. (Read full review here) [...]
November 16, 2010 Elaine News, Videos 46664 ambassadors, the Soweto Gospel Choir, return to London for two performances on Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th August along with The Bala Brothers which includes Loyiso, also a 46664 ambassador. The choir and the Bala Brothers then head to the Edinburgh Festival to help one of the oldest Fringe venues, Assembly Theatre, celebrate 30 [...]
July 30, 2010 Elaine News, Schedule The Soweto Gospel Choir performed on Good Morning America today. They sang the classic Pata Pata. Unfortunately, the video is no longer available at the GMA website 🙁 [...]
June 14, 2010 Elaine News The kick-off concert is underway. Watch is live here. Elo’s Play by Play: 2:05pmET: Hugh Masekela takes to the stage and is joined by Lira for a resounding version of the Makeba classic Pata Pata. 2:10pmET: SA President and FIFA President on stage. 2:15pmET: Black Eyed Peas on stage now. Where is the Love? segue [...]
June 10, 2010 Elaine News Is everyone getting excited about the World Cup? I sure am, and you’ll be seeing the Soweto Gospel Choir all over the place the next few weeks. First up, the Choir will be taking part in the World Cup Kick-Off Concert tomorrow. You can watch a live stream of the concert at Vevo while ABC [...]
June 9, 2010 Elaine News, Videos Below is the UNDP’s music video for its’ 8 Goals for Africa song campaign. The Soweto Gospel Choir is featured with many of the continent’s well known artists. Project Info: Helen Clark, the chair of the UN Development Group which brings together all UN agencies working in development, today launched 8 Goals for Africa, a [...]
May 15, 2010 Elaine News, Photos, Videos It is with a heavy heart that we share that Soweto Gospel Choir member Isaac Molefe (aka DJ) has passed. More info about what happened is in the article below. What a tragic tragedy. I would like to extend my deepest condolences and prayers to DJ’s family and friends. Also, to the entire Soweto Gospel [...]
April 30, 2010 Elaine Articles, News Hi everyone, The Soweto Gospel Choir is traveling to Shanghai, China to take part at the 2010 World Expo. Organizers of the Expo have confirmed to me that they will be taking part in the Opening Ceremonies and have performances at the African Pavilion from May 1-4. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some coverage–should [...]
April 23, 2010 Elaine News, Schedule ESPN Media Zone Network’s presentation to include U2 and Soweto Gospel Choir SGF Note: One additional ESPN/FIFA WC spot behind the jump (none feature the Choir, yet). ESPN’s unprecedented coverage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will include U2 and South Africa’s own Soweto Gospel Choir. These Grammy Award-winning groups will be featured in a [...]
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