Home / Music / Vusi Mahlasela's music started in Mamelodi townshipMusic linernotes album music vusi-mahlaselaVusi Mahlasela's music started in Mamelodi townshipVusi Mahlasela grew up in the Mamelodi township of Pretoria, South Africa, where he began writing songs as a teenager. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesVusi Mahlasela accompanies himself on acoustic guitarVusi Mahlasela sings in English and SothoVusi Mahlasela's When You Come Back was recorded as apartheid ended in South AfricaPatty Griffin won the Grammy for Best Folk Album in 2011 for Downtown ChurchGreg Keelor's Gone is even mellower than Blue Rodeo — impressively laid-backExploreLike a Virgin was recorded at Power Station in New YorkThe Kinks recorded Lola Versus Powerman at Morgan Studios in WillesdenLove Over Gold marked the start of a long Knopfler-Dorfsman partnershipPrince recorded Lovesexy at his own Paisley Park in just seven weeksDavid Bowie's Low started in a French château and finished in BerlinPrevious Vusi Mahlasela's When You Come Back was recorded as apartheid ended in South AfricaNext Vusi Mahlasela sings in English and Sotho