London African Gospel Choir Present Graceland

After their sell out performance at St George's, The London
African Gospel Choir are back bringing Graceland to Bristol. Join them
at the O2 Academy and kick off your Christmas in Diamond Soled shows ...

Thirty
years after its release, the London African Gospel Choir, apply their
own powerful twist on Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’ album, delivering from
start to finish. The show has been critically acclaimed across the
United Kingdom and Europe. An uplifting and amazing show which sells out
and receives rave reviews from the audiences The richness & harmony
of the Choir’s rhythmic, evocative & empowering, voices have
created an overwhelming musical event, for anyone lucky enough to
experience this special performance of Paul Simon’s Graceland, this is
what they say: “What a life enhancing evening!”. “The most uplifting,
energising evening I’ve had in years”. “So many great songs so
beautifully performed with so much energy and so many happy smiles”
After coming across a bootleg cassette of South African township music
in the early 80s, Paul Simon was totally smitten by the infectious &
irresistible rhythms… He travelled to Johannesburg, spending two weeks
there, recording with the absolute cream of South African musicians.
That epic session went on to form the basis of Simon’s most commercially
successful album ever – Graceland. The record became a true global
phenomenon, winning Grammys in both 1987 & 88, shifting 5 million
copies Stateside & then another 2.5 million copies in the UK alone.
The Graceland album spawned the hit singles, ‘Diamonds on the Soles of
Her Shoes’, ‘The Boy in the Bubble’ & it’s biggest smash – ‘You Can
Call Me Al.’