Put a Sunday show on your calendar for February 9th, because you have two tickets to Ladysmith Black Mambazo at the Ordway! Begin your evening at Faces at Mears Park with this $50 gift card. "For more than fifty years, the voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo have married the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of Christian gospel music. The result is a musical and spiritual alchemy that has touched a worldwide audience representing every corner of the religious, cultural and ethnic landscape. Their musical efforts throughout the past four decades have garnered praise and accolades within the recording industry, but also solidified their identity as a cultural force to be reckoned with. In the mid-1980s, Paul Simon visited South Africa and incorporated Black Mambazos rich tenor/alto/bass harmonies into his Graceland albuma landmark 1986 recording that was considered seminal in introducing world music to mainstream audiences. Graceland won many awards including the Grammy Award for Best Album of the Year. A year later, Simon produced Black Mambazos first U.S. release, Shaka Zulu, which won the Grammy Award in 1988, for Best Traditional Folk Album. Since then, and in total, the group has received sixteen Grammy Award Nominations and three Grammy Award wins."