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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. [...]

News segment of the Choir’s workshop in Vancouver. [...]

By Lena Sin The Province April 4, 2012 When you’re on the road for nine months of the year travelling in countries that couldn’t, culturally speaking, be further from what you know and love, you’re inevitably going to miss some things about home. Like putu, for example. “Putu is more like this soft porridge,” explains [...]

South African powerhouse continues to wow audiences worldwide By Francois Marchand Vancouver Sun April 4, 2012 VANCOUVER — South Africa’s Soweto Gospel Choir’s list of achievements is so long we would almost need a full edition of this newspaper to explain it in detail. In a nutshell, the famed choir emerged in 2002 and quickly [...]

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” [...]