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When it comes to hair in South Africa….things get weird. Yeah, blame it on apartheid conditioning. The smoother your hair and fairer your skin, the better it gets. Still. My daughter did the whole Ramona thang (a character from the awesome movie Scott Pilgrim vs The World) and dyed her hair every conceivable color. I […]
This was written by my friend Tariq Halim, now and editor of a newspaper in South Africa. His was the first band I belonged to called…Three Rand Coin. Yes, we were three people and such a thing does not exist in SA. This is on my Dreaming Music album. A fantastic song to sing…especially in […]
The problem with this album… Why is it that I start every blog post about the new album with that sentence eh? Perhaps because it is impossible for me to put out an album where someone does not die, or where I contemplate murder. Well, at least the one song where I destroyed an entire […]
I always liked this song and although I posted it a while ago will do so again, for my sake. So I can remember. Written after hearing a friend’s love story. Did it work out? Nope…still who knows why these things happen or the purpose of it all. Or I might write something. I do […]
I do have crazy friends. Wonderful, amazing human beings. They are the best part of my life along with Music. In fact, if I look back I was never really alone, for both the highs and lows. Yeah, I roll deep when it comes to my friendships. My best friend once said I have grace […]
This is what I love and hate about writing music. I simply can’t be angry for too long. Now when I seriously despise someone there’s always blood or a dead body hidden somewhere. Yet, after those initial feelings are aired I end up writing another kind of song. And dammit! I write as though I […]
The old dude is turning 80 and being the good daughter, I am staying to enjoy his birthday. The entire family is descending and I warned Gilda to expect me to pop by for a bit of escape. The house is being cleaned from the top to the bottom. I have a list of dishes […]
This is going on the album. All I need to find is a producer who will fuse this type of songwriting with the rest of what was written. Already a producer is working on the song I wrote for Ben Harper. No, it is not a love song. Instead it is rather happy and magical […]
Experience is the greatest teacher, along with pain. No matter how hard we may try there are certain things that only make sense….after the fact. Small dots that lead, puzzle piece by puzzle piece to the larger picture. Painted for us long before we even knew we are experts at reading and dreaming in color. […]
‘Did you sleep well during the weekend my girl?’ asked Gilda when I rocked up at her home. I barely thought about it when I woke up tired this morning. In fact all I want to do is remain in bed. The past few days were busy and surprising. My friend, a Mother of twins, […]