MAMPALA SWITCHES GENRES
Francistown based artist Gontse Kennekae who uses the stage name Mampala has made a business decision to switch genres.
The 39 -year-old former House-kwasa artist has now switched to traditional music.
“The reason for switching was to align my music with my age. I can’t do house-kwasa at my age, but traditional music is more suitable even for my audience,” she said in an interview with GiG.
The artist has just dropped her first traditional EP titled ‘Makama’ with four tracks, ‘Hosa’, ‘Ditagi’, ‘Choba’ and the title track.
Born in Semitwe, Mampala started her music career as a traditional dance artist, dropping her debut album Tontosi in 2009, followed by two house-kwasa albums ‘Menateng’ and ‘Standwasami’.
Retracing her steps back to her roots maybe just what the doctor ordered.
For bookings check her Facebook page MampalaBW.
TONOTA ANNUAL MUSIC FEST
Bolam Gardens will host the first Tonota annual Music Festival on 23rd December.
The event will star popular Limpopo star Dr Nel of ‘Tshwara fase’, ‘Leoto la mpete’ and ‘Pudi mo bareng’ fame.
Tickets are selling for P80 (single), P150 (double) and P500 for VIP.
The festival kicks off at 1800hrs until 0600hrs the next day.
ERNIE DROPS SINGLE
Gospel artist Ernie Musica (Batsho Energy) has released a single titled Healing Grace.
Recorded at Star Records, the single is a deep emotional song, where Ernie bares his soul and calls out to a higher power to rid him of all the world’s troubles.
It’s a perfect gospel tune for those seeking God’s mercy, a perfect tune for those who’ll be taking long trips this festive season.
Rating: 7 out of 10.
