It features jazz improvisation, Zulu language, gospel and ... featured some of the music industry’s best arrangers Mervyn Warren and Shelton Kilby as well as a stellar list of vocalists such as Gladys ...

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The video shared by TikTok user @user5905816594350 shows the two women, along with their choir, singing in Zulu to one of South Africa's gospel songs, Ebenezer. The Asian choir killed it with their ...

Legendary DJ and R2 icon Johnnie Walker chooses his Tracks Of My Years. An archive chat with Elton John and Bernie Taupin Johnnie revisits a classic interview with Elton John and Bernie Taupin.

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