Guiding Star

Guiding Star
Naledi Ya Tsela
Studio album by Vusi Mahlasela
Released March 6, 2007
Genre World Music
Length 1:07:43
Label Mmino Wa Tshwane Music
Producer Lloyd Ross
Vusi Mahlasela chronology
Jungle of Questions (with the Proud Peoples Band)
(2000)
Guiding Star
(2007)
Say Africa
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]

Naledi Ya Tsela, (Sesotho for Guiding Star, the title under which it is released internationally) is Vusi Mahlasela's sixth studio album. Songs on the album are sung in five languages: English, Sepedi, Sesotho, isiZulu, and seTswana. There also a number of guest singers, including Dave Matthews and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and many other guest performers - whose contributions are not listed in the tracks only in the liner notes.

The album deals with a number of topics. For example River of Jordan is about the death of his mother, and Song for Thandi is about the (South African) freedom fighter Thandi Modise.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Jabula"
  2. "Heaven in my Heart" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  3. "Moleko"
  4. "Chamber of Justice" (featuring Xavier Rudd)
  5. "Tibidi Waka" (featuring Derek Trucks)
  6. "Everytime" (featuring Jem)
  7. "Sower of Words" (featuring Dave Matthews)
  8. "Ntombi Mbali"
  9. "River Jordan"
  10. "Song for Thandi"
  11. "Mighty River"
  12. "Thula Mama"
  13. "Our Sand"
  14. "Tonti"
  15. "Susana"
  16. "Pata Pata" (Bonus Track)

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r950021
  2. ^ "Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Program" (PDF). February 2009. http://claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/downloads/programs/0809/Feb%20Vusi%20Mahlasela.pdf. 



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