Choir Candids

The Choir recorded with legendary South African artist Yvonne Chaka Chaka yesterday at Urban Brew Studios. They are collaborating on two songs for Yvonne’s upcoming album. Some photos from yesterday below–thanks Phili and Gugu for the share! [...]

Another video of the Choir from last month–this one is of ‘em warming up with Viva l’Amor from the North Tonawanda, NY soundcheck on February 26, 2012. [...]

On an off day in Iowa yesterday, the Choir were invited to the home of fellow compatriot Sebina for a home cooked meal and bbq. Looked like the Choir had a great time; and enjoyed a relaxing night off! Photos courtesy of various members of the Choir! [...]

Choir member Zanele Ngcamu celebrated her birthday on tour today! Some photos of Zaza with her cake–doesn’t she look great with the new hairstyle? [...]

Tell us a little about your hometown and where you grew up. I was born in Alice, Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is a very small town with absolutely nothing interesting to do. What were your fondest childhood memories? I had a friend in high school and we both had  scrapbooks where we wrote [...]

The Soweto Gospel Choir is participating in an Interpol campaign against fake medicines. They will be joining Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Youssou N’dour and other global artists in this campaign. Below are some photos of the Choir at SABC recording this song today…thanks to Phili for the share! [...]

Bongani Ncube aka Honey celebrated his birthday today! Some pics of Honey, the Choir and his birthday cake below–looks good! [...]

I had the pleasure of spending four days on tour with the Soweto Gospel Choir a few weeks ago. Shows include Kingston (ON), Toronto x 2 (ON) and North Tonawanda (NY). I shot some “behind the scenes” footage and spliced some together into this video.  Highlights including visiting the South African consular general in Toronto, [...]

Another video from my time with the Soweto Gospel Choir last week. The Consular General of South Africa in Toronto invited the Choir to her home on February 25th, prior to their second show at the Sony Centre. The Choir mingled with the invited guests and were treated to some home cooking (yours truly had [...]

By Elaine Apologies for the length of this reflection—you’ve been warned All pictures below were taken by me–and don’t necessarily correspond with actual text below. Everything below is just my own opinion and thoughts and does not reflect the views of the Soweto Gospel Choir, its members or management. Thanks. Last week, I had the [...]