Johannesburg - ‘Songs as truthful as a dream / flow as steady as a stream / A stream of knowledge and of pain… ” If any words summed up the work of Raymond Chikapa Enoch Phiri, who died of lung cancer ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ray Phiri, a South African jazz musician who founded the band Stimela and became internationally known while performing on Paul Simon's Graceland tour, died of cancer on Wednesday ...

One of South Africa's top musicians — and an artist whose sound was known the world over, thanks to Paul Simon's album Graceland — has died. Guitarist, vocalist and composer Ray Chikapa Phiri was 70 ...

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 1991 file photo, Paul Simon, center, plays a finale with lead guitarist Ray Phiri, left, and actor-comedian Chevy Chase on the saxophone in New York’s Central Park. Ray Phiri, ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ray Phiri, a South African jazz musician who founded the band Stimela and performed on Paul Simon's Graceland tour, has died of cancer at the age of 70. Phiri's death on Wednesday ...

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