"All those band had a strong syncopated rhythms at that festival....after a while, it seemed like they were all playing the same tune, but that is what people think African music is about..dance!! Its so much deeper than just dance and fun"
Those are the observations being casually exchanged in the back of our tour bus during the first part of her UK tour.
Simphiwe Dana and her band, the Live Ensemble are all seasoned musicians and all of them possess that rare quality....an inquisitive mind.
South African do not take anything for granted when they are outside of the relative comfort of their own borders...with a new sense of freedom that began only 15years ago, the thirst for different experiences with other cultures and knowledge of the world outside SA, the way other African lives in their land or how the Diaspora interact in the western world are recurrent subject of conversations, this creates lively, numerous, stimulating and inspiring debates....
And what about the music....
I think this is for you to discover...words cannot make justice to experiencing Simphiwe Dana live.
She will be in Oxford, Birmingham and London.
30 Oct Oxford, Oxford Contemporary Music at 02
ocmevents.org | 01865 305 305
31 Oct Birmingham, The Drum
the-drum.org.uk | 0121 333 2444
02 Nov London, Southbank Centre
southbankcentre.co.uk | 0871 663 2500
For more info, including box office details go to: www.blackroutes.org.uk or call 0121 224 7444
In her own word: "My music is a little bit of old and a little bit of new"
Cultural Hit Man - Africa is not cheap exotic entertainment. www.afrogroov.com
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