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My latest notebook is littered with words and phrases. I heard so many speak on a variety of topics that it feels as though I have gained a new vocabulary to write music with. It started with a Heritage Tour of the Bo Kaap, an area in Cape Town with a rich, mysterious and complex […]
There are a few people in my life I always check in with. My shaman is one of them. I usually do so at pivotal moments, like before opening for Ben Harper. She was the one who guided me, so I can manage meeting and performing in the same space as my favorite musician in […]
There are certain moments that are etched into my memory. The feel of a small underground club in Paris where music was stuck to the walls and bodies packed densly, everyone aching to hear sounds explode from those holding instruments. Or being suspended in the sky above mountains of ice. I recall wanting to breathe […]
I ran out of the room after the screening of My Dear Children, a documentary that delvs into the decision and repercussions made by a Jewish mother to save her children from the pogroms in Russia.( https://youtu.be/owFZ-hgPzc8). It was harrowing and I needed to catch my breath and cry a bit. I looked at my reflection […]
It’s funny how things turn out. Let’s start with Mercury retrograde for one. I was the one who initiated contact with some people from my past. Dammit, I thought, if Mercury retrograde is in conjunction with Venus and relationships are what needs to be delved into….only I get to decide who I want in my […]
I don’t hate my birthday but I don’t love it either. For most of my life it was a day my father purposefully darkened with his silence or absence. I woke up with a lump in my throat and a reminder of where I was last year. All that shouting and screaming, the lack of […]
When I think about being a kid the only word that comes to mind is silence. I spent most of it, being an only child for 11 years, alone. Armed with only my strong Mother at my side. Years later and I am still left feeling the same. Only this time round there’s music and […]
We fell asleep close to 4am for the last few days, watched movies, tv series, talked and I was spoilt rotten. Great food was made and killer burnt butter biscuits that were devilishly delicious made just for me. I was…so damn happy spending time with my daughter; my favorite person in the world. Of course […]
This song is one of my favorites and was inspired by a movie poster I bought at a flea market. I have not, in fact, watched this movie yet! This is from my Call It Love album. Here’s the poster I came across so many years ago!
Just sharing some thoughts about all the delicious Scorpio energy that will be around. I am sure you can go online and find more information about it.