The Zulu harmonies of LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO from South Africa have a special place in the history of contemporary music. Established in the 1960s, their fame in their homeland attracted the attention of American pop singer/songwriter PAUL SIMON, who went to South Africa to record with them in 1986. The resulting album GRACELAND sold 16 million copies, and arguably kicked off the 'world music' trend in the United States.
Of course, there's a lot more to African music. On this transmission of Hearts of Space, we immerse ourselves in the buoyant rhythms, earthy sounds and charming melodies that make African music such a delight, with songs by LADYSMITH BLACK MOMBAZO, HABIB KOITE & BAMADA, WILL RIDENOUR & BETSY BEVAN, SAMITE, KEVIN NATHANIEL, DAVID GILDEN, AYUB OGADA, and DANIEL BERKMAN.
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The 30-second version of This Week Sunday today (9/5) is all I get. And I guess that, since your chief programmer is on vacation until Monday, it's all I'm going to get.
I wish you folks would fix it. Listening to HOS should not be frustrating. It very often is.
Posted by: James | 05 September 2010 at 05:47 AM
same here, i only get the 30 second sample. i hope there's a fix before the "free Sunday listening" period is up. thanks.
Posted by: Shai | 05 September 2010 at 07:39 AM
Same here - only get the 30 sec sample and I have an active subscription.
Posted by: Dave | 05 September 2010 at 08:11 AM
Just checking to see if anyone else could only access the 30 second sample. :)
Posted by: Rebecca Martz | 05 September 2010 at 12:16 PM
Only get 30 sec of the audio on sunday.
Posted by: John Lifavi | 05 September 2010 at 12:45 PM
ray, we're back on track this week
Posted by: harry krishna | 12 September 2010 at 07:14 AM