SOWETO, SOUTH AFRICA – If Cape Town is the pretty face of this stunning country, the locals told us, Johannesburg is its heart. And Soweto is its soul. That soul makes itself plain in music. Street ...

Scott Chamberlain, a member of the Minnesota Chorale, just returned from the Minnesota Orchestra’s tour of South Africa. The Minnesota Orchestra’s South Africa tour, in partnership with the Minnesota ...

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.

Last month, Samthing Soweto quietly struck a blow for local music in an increasingly globalized world. “Akulaleki,” with generous, cascading vocal lines skipping next to hiccups of percussion, was the ...

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. And I'm Melissa Block. Ever since the great anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela died last night, crowds have been gathering outside ...