Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise)

Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise)
Studio album by Mahotella Queens
Released	May 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Mbaqanga, Mgqashiyo, Gospel
Length	40:00 approx.
Label	Bula Music/AS Entertainment
Producer	Jabu Sibumbe, Ian Osrin
Mahotella Queens chronology
Kazet (2006) Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise) (2007)

Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise) is a 2007 album by the South African mbaqanga group the Mahotella Queens. The album is the first gospel-orientated album by the Queens, and features the voice of lead singer Hilda Tloubatla's son, Alfred "Ali" Temo.^[1] The album was released in May 2007 in South Africa on the Bula Music label, and was a joint venture between Bula and AS Entertainment (the Queens' management).

During the making of the album, the group's bass guitarist Madoda Ntshingila was injured in a car accident, and at the last minute the acclaimed bassist Jabu Sibumbe was hired to replace Ntshingila.^[2] The Queens had also recruited a new lead guitarist, John Papo, whom they described as "very beautiful, when he plays guitar he is just like Marks Mankwane".^[3] Papo died after only a week recording on the album.

Songs on the album include "Ebenezer" (the opening song to the Queens' concerts) and "Usathane Uyadelela" ("Satan Is Wayward") as well as a re-recording of "Bonang Suna", a song the Queens originally recorded in the late 1980s.^[4] Also included are several Zulu hymns rearranged by the Queens into a gospel-mbaqanga style.

Track listing[edit]

1. "Umlingi" (Comp.: Nobesuthu Mbadu)
2. "Lenjabulo" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
3. "Bonang Suna" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
4. "Ebenezer" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
5. "Usathane Uyadelela" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
6. "Thixo Bawo" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
7. "Batswarele" (Comp.: Hilda Tloubatla)
8. "Kheth'eyakho" (Comp.: Traditional / Mildred Mangxola)
9. "Siza Ubenami" (Comp.: Nobesuthu Mbadu)
10. "Sisho Udumo" (Comp.: Traditional / Hilda Tloubatla)
11. "Umkhwezeli" (Comp.: Traditional / Nobesuthu Mbadu)
12. "It Is Well" (Comp.: Traditional / Hilda Tloubatla)

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

• The Mahotella Queens
  • Hilda Tloubatla (vocals)
  • Nobesuthu Mbadu (vocals)
  • Mildred Mangxola (vocals)
• Alfred Temo (backing vocals)
• John Papo (lead guitar)
• Jabu Sibumbe (bass guitar)
• Shadrack Rameya (keyboards)
• Thuthukani Cele (keyboards)
• Bethuel Mbonana (drums)
• Godfrey Mgcina (percussions)

Other[edit]

• Engineer: Dan Gimpel
• Producers: Jabu Sibumbe, Ian Osrin
• Published by: Gallo Music Publishing SA

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