A video of the Soweto Gospel Choir performing their version of the classic Shosholoza from their Knoxville, TN concert on January 26.

January 26, 2012
By Kelsey Meany
Gainsville inSITE

The Soweto Gospel Choir, a seasoned bunch of soul-singers, is coming to Gainesville to perform at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 3.

The two-time Grammy and Emmy award-winning choir from South Africa is touring the United States from January to April. The nomadic group is stopping in Gainesville for one night only.

O, The Oprah Magazine, said of the choir, “The 26-member troupe proves that joy is nondenominational… Soweto Gospel Choir makes our world seem beautifully small.”

Kevin Williams, a guitarist and vocalist for the group, is excited for the tour and to be back in the United States.

gospel-2He said that people from all over come to see The Soweto Gospel Choir perform. They have performed in Australia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.

“We do not call them fans,” Kevin says. “We call them family, because wherever we go, we are accepted.” Read the rest of this entry »

Two-time Grammy-Winning Soweto Gospel Choir Comes to Wilmington

Two members of the The Soweto Gospel Choir, winner of two Grammy Awards, stopped by WHQR studios on Tuesday. They spoke with Rachel Lewis Hilburn about singing with a mission, traveling the world, and what it’s like to perform with/for internationally-renowned luminaries like U-2′s Bono and Nelson Mandela.

The Soweto Gospel Choir performs at UNCW’s Kenan Auditorium Tuesday, January 24th at 8 PM.

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The Soweto Gospel Choir performed on KoffieMAX, a Dutch tv show this morning.

Check out their performance of Pata Pata below!

Photos of the Choir performing at Den Haag, Holland on November 5th, 2011.

Photos courtesy of Nunu Ntombikhona Ngema.

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The Soweto Gospel Choir is now in the Netherlands, and will be performing in various cities this month.

Check out the fun promo video below!

To Dutch fans; hopefully you can make it out to a show!