ArtistInfo

Pure Gold

voc,
Singer of World, R&B/Soul and Pop

Disco funk band from South Africa Formed by lead singer Freddy Gala and his brothers and cousins in 1973, Pure Gold are a gospel choir of the independent Old Apostolic Church in that vaunted tradition, but "Onward Christian Soldiers" never sounded like this. Their vocals echo age-old African styles of arrangement and performance such as powerful mbube melodies, four part harmonies wich swoop and shimmer, and call-and-response, that most African of singing forms. They sing both European influenced hymns and Freddy's own sweetly accessible compositions sung in the African languages Zulu and Sotho. (From liner notes 1991)

Genres

• World
• R&B/Soul
• Pop
• Folk