Hugh Masekela Can’t Help But Make Political Music
“I started a career that I hadn’t planned, and it flowered and flowered,” he says. “I had a very successful exile.”
News Category: Tour Reviews
Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis Tour the UK in November
Revered South African trumpeter and flugelhorn player Hugh Masekela sets out on the road in the UK with pianist Larry Willis.
Songs of Migration Washington Post Review
Hugh Masekela’s trumpet becomes a mining drill in “Songs of Migration,” the tuneful, quietly stirring musical tribute running through this Saturday at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater.
Songs of Migration International Tour
Songs of Migration International Tour: Amsterdam, London, Washington DC and Cape Town House of Masekela Press Release Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo and the multi-talented cast of the acclaimed Songs of Migration kicked off their international tour last weekend at the Royal Theatre Carre in Amsterdam. Songs of Migration is a musical tribute to the cultural … Read more
Hugh Masekela Joins Paul Simon Graceland Tour!
Hugh Masekela Joins Paul Simon in London to Kick off the Graceland Tour! Photograph: Jim Dyson/Getty Images Twenty five years after Hugh Masekela first collaborated with Paul Simon and now legendary SA musicians like Miriam Makeba and Ladysmith Black Mambazo on the Graceland album and subsequent tour – the two icons reunited on a Hyde … Read more
Trumpet grooves from Masekela’s homeland
Africa Review By Billie Odidi Born out of South Africa’s apartheid system, Hugh Masekela was an early entrant into the world of trumpets and drumbeats; benefiting immensely from some of the best musical experiences of the world. His first trumpet was a gift from Louis Armstrong; Harry Belafonte facilitated his flight to New York where … Read more
Hugh Masekela, Usher Hall, Edinburgh
The South African flugelhorn player and cultural icon is a rascal. He does almost as much leg-pulling as music-making.
South African trumpeter gets the rhythm right
Globe and Mail By J.D. Considine In the 42 years since he became an international sensation through Grazing in the Grass, Hugh Masekela has played many roles, from the strictly musical to the overtly political. Here are a few of the parts he played at the end of his North American tour Saturday. The Polemicist … Read more
Musical Legend Brings Trumpet Grooves To North America
“We’re coming there to play and make people happy,” concludes Masekela. “They dance their asses off at our shows.”
These nights of exhilarating live performance are reinventing music
The Guardian By Simon Jenkins The last time I heard the trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela was at a New Year’s Eve party in 1990 on the slopes of Table Mountain. Nelson Mandela had recently been released and Masekela had returned from exile. The hot night air blew in from False Bay, and conversation crackled … Read more
