The Face To Face project, a rare recording of the magical encounter between Sotho folk singers and Swedish collective, is brought back to life by Strut Records. Out January 27th.
Witnessing the sweet vibrating sounds oozing out of his grandmother’s shebeen in their township of Mamelodi, Vusi Mahlasela built his very first guitar using fishing line and a cooking oil can. But witnessing the deadly Soweto Uprisings led by black students and teachers in 1976, the kid who would later become “The Voice” embarked on a revolutionary musical…
