For the last decade, the 26-member choir has captivated audiences including Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela. Their blend of high energy, languages and musical traditions has won them numerous awards ...

The youthful and intrepid Soweto Gospel Choir, a South African-based troupe that includes some 30 members, is one of the most inspiring musical performances you’ll see this year, regardless of which ...

The three-time Grammy award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir is once again lighting up stages across the US and Canada, bringing South African rhythm, colour and an inspiring message of hope and peace to ...

The Bermuda Festival for the Performing Arts kicks off tonight with an old favourite, the award winning Soweto Gospel Choir. Lead singer Sipokazi Nxumalo, 26, told The Royal Gazette that in the four ...

The Soweto Gospel Choir releases three singles, continues ‘Hope” tour in the U.S. *“I’m a founding member….23 years in the choir,” said Soweto Gospel Choir Master Shimmy Jiyane as we talked about the ...

You've won plenty international awards. You're a seasonal feature on performance stages across Europe. Yet it takes performing alongside foreign music stars before you get recognised by your own ...

Growing up, one of my best friends was first generation American after his parents migrated from Taiwan. I could always tell when my friend was in trouble because his mom would start talking to him in ...

When Soweto Gospel Choir singer Phello Jiyane heard she would be performing a show about house music, she was a little surprised. "You wouldn't expect to have that combination of a DJ and gospel ...

After a grueling two-plus years of pandemic madness comes "Hope," the newest album and tour from the 3-time GRAMMY Award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir. This South African choir has previously ...

*“This too will past,” said Shimmy Jiyane, director of the Soweto Gospel Choir, about the meaning of the title to their newest album release “Hope” on Shanachie Entertainment. “It’s to give people ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.