Cool Stuff! no 2 (Black America & South America)

Cool Stuff! no 2 (Black America & South America)

I think one of my favorite topics we learned about during the Black America and South America was when we watched the video documentary of Paul Simon. I don’t know why I just thought it was interesting. What I wanted to know more about was the band he performed with after the tour and the album was over. For example like what did they do where did they go? So, after some digging I found their website online along with their whole journey before and after Paul Simon. “In the mid-1980s, the American singer/songwriter Paul Simon famously visited South Africa and incorporated the group's rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his famous "Graceland" album – a landmark recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences. A year later, Paul Simon produced Ladysmith Black Mambazo's first worldwide release, Shaka Zulu, which garnered the group their first GRAMMY Award, in 1988, for Best Folk Recording. Since then the group has been awarded three more GRAMMY Awards; Raise Your Spirit Higher (2004), Ilembe (2009) and Singing For Peace Around The World (2013) as well as nineteen GRAMMY Award nominations, more than any other World Music group in the history of the Awards. Currently the group has two new albums nominated; Shaka Zulu Revisited for Best World Music Album and Songs Of PEACE & LOVE For Kids & Parents Around The World for Best Children's Album.”  So after reading this turns out they did really good for themselves, on top of that they are still touring to this day! 
http://www.mambazo.com/our_story/

The next thing I wanted to know more about was Blues in general. I never really listened to it so I thought I should look up some blues singers. So with a little searching I found the band Southern Avenue. According to their band bio “Southern Avenue combines the talents of a prodigiously talented set of young musicians who bring their individual backgrounds and wide-ranging musical interests to the table, carrying the Southern soul legacy into the 21st Century while showcasing the powerful chemistry and electrifying live show that they’ve honed through extensive stage and studio experience. Since their first release, they’ve played in more than a dozen countries, wowing audiences at such festivals as Bonnaroo, Firefly, Electric Forest and Lockn’.

https://youtu.be/OosmaEZH16g

I think their music speaks for itself (they are amazing)

Overall there really wasn’t a lot that I wanted to know about. So on that note here’s another person that I found super interesting that sings blues. This is Christone Kingfish Ingram “At the age of 20, Kingfish is one of the most exciting and passionate young artists I’ve seen in many years. He’s creating new music that feels like blues but doesn’t copy what’s already been done. His roots are firmly in the Mississippi Delta, and you can hear that raw Delta honesty in his playing and singing. His guitar work is technically dazzling, but it’s all about the emotions of the song and moving the audience.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tyGm_DnaWM