Siyadumisa (Songs of Praise) | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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.