Nelson Mandela tribute

[Guest]

BBC Radio 3, Friday 06 December 2013 @ 23:00

Lopa Kothari with a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela including tracks by South African artists Miriam Makeba with Harry Belafonte, Hugh Masakela, Vusi Mahlasela, Hugh Masakela and Mandela's favourite band, the Manhattan Brothers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k706z

[Serial_Apologist]

BBC Radio 3, Friday 06 December 2013 @ 23:00

Lopa Kothari with a musical tribute to Nelson Mandela including tracks by South African artists Miriam Makeba with Harry Belafonte, Hugh Masakela, Vusi Mahlasela, Hugh Masakela and Mandela's favourite band, the Manhattan Brothers.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k706z

Thanks for this alert ams.

Then there's all the great jazz to go through produced by S African exiles, a sometimes subliminal, occasionally open part of the campaign that led to Mandela, that some of us have compiled over the years. Instead of what I'd planned I might make this my Christmas music fare for this year... some great hymn-type tunes in there!

[johncorrigan]

Thanks for this alert ams.

Then there's all the great jazz to go through produced by S African exiles, a sometimes subliminal, occasionally open part of the campaign that led to Mandela, that some of us have compiled over the years. Instead of what I'd planned I might make this my Christmas music fare for this year... some great hymn-type tunes in there!

Holy Spirits Choir, S_A - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPhFrWGvBeg

[Globaltruth]

That was a very thought provoking and well produced programme - as ever Robin Denselow's contribution was excellent & Lopa also struck the right note.
My daughter spoke to Nelson Mandela a couple of times when she worked for the World Service; she told me he was very easy to talk to

[Globaltruth]

Errm did I hear that right? Are they really allowing Mr 'no off switch' back?..

[johncorrigan]

Errm did I hear that right? Are they really allowing Mr 'no off switch' back?..

Bloomin' 'eck!!! Where are you not sure you heard that, G?

[Globaltruth]

Towards the end of the Mandela tribute - nothing on the BBC Media Centre though, maybe I misheard & she was just playing a clip from an old program. Watch this space...

[Globaltruth]

I was right...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nxlgc

[johncorrigan]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nxlgc

It's a good story how AK met Mandela while in Zimbabwe making a doc with Biggie Tembo. He says he apologised to Mandela that after being incarcerated all those years on Robben Island they got him to sit through a Simple Minds concert. I miss old Andy.
His R1 docs in South Africa in '95 are still available on the R3 World Music pages - hard to imagine they'd make such a programme anywhere on BBC radio these days.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world-music/south-africa-1995.shtml

[johncorrigan]

Really enjoyed Andy's doc about Nelson Mandela - a bit of a different take on things, typical of Kershaw. Also approaching from a slightly different perspective a great 50 minutes with Mark Coles for this week's effort from the Shed - very moving, I thought - he remembered Junior Murvin and Tabu Ley "Rochereau" as well who both passed on this last week. I like Mark Coles....have I said that before? Here's the link:

http://www.mixcloud.com/markcolesmusic/the-shed-125-mandelas-music-12122013/