{"id":10586,"date":"2012-05-02T05:52:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=10586"},"modified":"2012-05-02T05:52:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:52:38","slug":"soweto-gospel-choir-on-nprs-tiny-desk-thirteen-radiant-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-05\/soweto-gospel-choir-on-nprs-tiny-desk-thirteen-radiant-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Soweto Gospel Choir on NPR&#8217;s Tiny Desk&#8211;Thirteen Radiant Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Soweto Gospel Choir<\/strong> recently scaled down to 11 (from their normal 30+) to fit into <strong>NPR&#8217;s Tiny Desk<\/strong>.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been fans of this ensemble since we first heard their debut album, <strong>Voices From Heaven<\/strong>, in 2005.\u00a0 Since then they&#8217;ve gone onto big and bigger things.\u00a0 Singing in multiple African languages (and occasionally English), SGC mixes 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