Until Death…
This article was published in the Argus last week. ** […]
Notebook Confessions
Every notebook has a quote sprawled on the first page. ‘To love is to give a hostage to fate’ I declared in vellum two years ago. Rilke, Rumi, Anais Nin, Andre Brink and even my granny Gilda’s words (Love is a form of creativity) have found their way into my books along with cryptic scribbles […]
The Ways of Water
Every now and then I share bits of the book I am penning. My sister and I were having a conversation about martial arts when I exclaimed ,’ Dude, we should love men in the ways of water!’ Needless to say my sister only made dirty jokes afterwards. But the idea stuck. Read if time […]
The Ways of Water
Every now and then I share bits of the book I am penning. My sister and I were having a conversation about martial arts when I exclaimed ,’ Dude, we should love men in the ways of water!’ Needless to say my sister only made dirty jokes afterwards. But the idea stuck. Read if time […]
Podcast: Five Most Important Words
These podcasts are not only aimed at musicians. The Five Most Important Words coupled with action is what can change everything! I am convinced there is a better way of being, of functioning.
Florence Nightingale of Smutsville
I won’t lie, I was going through a rough time a few months ago. In order to stop myself from going crazy I opted to write instead of sing. I found interesting people within the poorer areas and made notes. This is one such story and I am pleased that it will be published. Her […]
30 Second clip
I thought I would share a small clip of the first single LIFE FIRE off my new TENtation. I call this my happy song off the new album. Tumi and I wrote this in under an hour. You can purchase the single on ITunes by clicking on this link: http://smarturl.it/AuriolHaysLikeFire
Thunderstorms
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.” I love good old George Bernard Shaw. He always hits the spot. This blog post deals with music, imagination and desire. These three things are interrelated, in my thinking, and is […]
TENtation – new album
TENtation contains only ten tracks and is produced by Tumi Kgosi and Seth Grey. The soundscape of the new album is one that animated her formative years. She is paying homage to her musical roots.Saturday afternoons spent at one of the most iconic clubs is Cape Town, THE BASE, where mix tapes were exchanged and […]
Hades
“Hell is other people” I have heard this so often. I was about to say the same thing when I realized that “Hell is my perception of other people.” Honestly, I wish I weren’t so full of shit or weighed down by my expectations of others. Sometimes I expect too much or too little. I […]