Photos of the Choir performing at the Windspear Centre in Edmonton, AB on April 9, 2012. Photos taken by John Lucas of the Edmonton Journal. [...]
A review and photos by Cherop from the Vancouver show this past Saturday An Evening to Remember I was privileged to attend one of the very few Soweto Gospel Choir performances in Canada during the choir’s current touring schedule. The choir is only playing 4 dates in Canada and it performed in Vancouver this past [...]
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! [...]
The Soweto Gospel Choir performed on the campus of the University of Missouri on March 20, 2012. Below are photos from the concert, taken by KOMUnews. [...]
Below are photos from the Carmel, Indiana show on March 8, 2012. Credit: Mark Alan Lee, Indianapolis Examiner [...]
The Soweto Gospel Choir were on Windy City Live on ABC7 in Chicago this morning. Below is a video of a quick interview they did with Shimmy as well as their performance of Emlanjeni/Yelele. Second video is the Choir performing Njalo. [...]
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, [...]
We’ve always claimed to be the anti-world music website, but we’ll make exceptions for acts as dope as the world-renowned Soweto Gospel Choir. We caught up with Shimmy Jiyane, Choir Master/Choreographer/Singer and founding member of the group last Friday at Symphony Space in NYC. Shimmy and his crew have travelled the world with their “African Grace” [...]
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 [...]