LIFE AND DEATH



LIVE PERFORMANCE BY"LULU" LIFE AND DEATH


 An encounter with Lulu will etch in your memory of her a tall, imposing and enchanting presence filled with a free spirited existence and assertiveness. Spend a little time listening to her music you will grasp her inspired existence. Born in Port Elizabeth, she has a rich heritage of music blood in her family, her late father was a drummer and her sister, Zonke is one of South Africa’s loved songstresses. Her travails in the music scene are well documented, from the time she released her first work ‘My diary, my thoughts’ arguably one of the finest works in the world of soul music. Critics will agree that any soul music lover just has to have the first single of the album “Life and death’ in their top 10 tracks of all time. Yet due to her travails and other factors the song and album remain relatively obscured. This irrepressible singer with a gruff and yet smooth voice that is distinctively Lulu, is back with her second offering thoughtfully entitled ‘This is the life’, sharing the source of her immense inspiration. Listen and you will be lifted. Lulu proclaims that in ‘This is the life’ her essence is captured in both lyrical content and sound. Ask her how she describes her music and she instantly answers “old school soul”, and ask her what her belief is and she assertively answers “born again”. When it comes to purity in soul music no one comes closer to touching distance than Lulu, she takes you back to the heartland of soul music, and even further to its roots: gospel. Soul, as is widely accepted, is an infusion of gospel, rhythm and blues with secular lyrics. Lulu takes it to the very beginning yet remaining modern in her delivery. If you tend to have a déjà vu of the Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross and Gladys Knight era while your soul is immersed in this one, perhaps it’s because those are her influences.

ZAHARA'S LIVE DVD

ZAHARA WITH HER GUITAR

Only a few months after signing a recording deal with TS, the sensational singer Zahara hasn’t looked back and continue to make it big in the music industry. Her album sold out in only 72 hours, leaving the public stunned. Zahara has big plans for 2012 that includes recording a live DVD for the album “Loliwe”, which is getting a lot of airplay around the country. Plans are underway and fans can expect a great memorable show at her recording. Meanwhile, reports state that the bubbly Zahara wants to perform in Swaziland as she has never been in the country. She was supposed to perform last year, but she never made it due to cultural boycott. However, Swaziland plans to have Zahara perform there early this year.  Zahara has cemented her place in the entertainment industry, not only in South Africa but across the borders as well as can be proven in her sold-out February shows in Harare. In celebration of her burgeoning career, Zahara is set to perform a show at Carnival City that will be recorded and released as the singer's first live DVD. The tickets for the show will be sold through Computicket and Shoprite, with ticket prices ranging between R180 and R250. The show, which is set to be recorded on 8 and 9 June, will be released as Zahara’s first live DVD. With a name that translates to 'shining' and 'flower', Zahara has been the epitome of both translations since the spring of 2011 when her début album, Loliwe, was released. The singer, who is signed to TS Records and licensed to EMI Music/CCP Records, blossomed as her album went double platinum after 17 days and has since sold over 300 000 copies. At the recent 18th South African Music Awards, her album won in the Best Smooth Urban Music Album; Special Award: Best Selling Album and Album of the Year categories. She also won in the categories for: Newcomer of the Year; Female Artist of the Year and Best Collaboration for her song, 'Incwad’Encane', which features Georgy. Let’s hope that the live DVD will also make sales like her album.