Launching the band eMsanzi.

Well, the "Big Issue" article posted last time was the first return I got from a PR strategy I began implementing in January. During my last trip to Jo'burg I realized that I needed to hand these efforts off to somebody else to take it to the next level as I start going out live.

Fortunately for me, Iceberg Entertainment of Johannesburg stepped up and they will be doing just that. The campaign is targeting all media forms with the intent of expanding exposure for the CD and setting me up for live performances during the upcoming spring season of music events in South Africa.

Thus I will be launching the band from South Africa on Sept.1st. There's much to do and in between now and then I will be in Jo'burg, July 5 - 21st to organize and do some PR stuff, and then again in August from the 17th on to start rehearsals, etc..

Ownership is beginning to pick up some steam in South Africa and it will be incredibly meaningful to me to have the band's "maiden voyage" in Jo'burg!

So I'll come back to you with the band lineup but I can tell you that my sisters Stella Khumalo and Faith Kekana who graced the album with their angelic voices will also be gracing the stage.

More later...Uxolo
Ema

The Music Mixer - article in The Big Issue this month.

Heita all,
I'm really pleased with this interview in The Big Issue this month.

the Big Issue is a very effective, socially responsible "trade not aide" magazine that provides an economic engine for marginalized people in Cape Town, South Africa. Its journalism and publishing standards are of the highest quality its editor Donald Paul is one of the nicest guys...; and there just happens to be an article on yours truly in the latest addition.

We've posted the article on the Ikhaya Studios website. Here's the link:

THE BIG ISSUE #148 "The Music Mixer " by Donald Paul

But if you're in the Cape Town area, support the mag and it's job providing efforts - drop the R14 in that vendor's hand and you'll walk away with a really well written tri-weekly magazine and the satisfaction of knowing that you've just contributed to someone moving themself out of social exclusion into self-sufficiency.

Lot's more news coming shortly!
Uxolo all!

Ema