Paul Simon played a big role in bringing Soweto township music to the ears of America, but my first encounter with Hugh Masekela's song Grazing In the Grass in 1967 got me interested in South African music and African music in general. The song is so majestic and unlike anything I've ever heard, even today's modern music scene.
Maria Muldaur was one of the first generation Greenwich Village folkies who got started in 1966 with the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, under the name of Maria D'Amator. She married Jug Band guitarist Geoff Muldaur and took his name as her stage name. Below is the only clip I could find of Maria performing with the Jug Band back in the day.
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There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff.
Townes Van Zandt
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