Vusi Mahlasela. Image via Twitter @Radio2000
Veteran musician Vusi Mahlasela discusses new album ‘Umoya’
Veteran musician Vusi Mahlasela says he hopes to bring healing with his deep and personal album titled ‘Umoya’.
Vusi Mahlasela. Image via Twitter @Radio2000
Umoya has become talented musician Vusi Mahlasela’s first new body of songs from studio recordings since 2009.
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INSIDE VUSI MAHLASELA’S LATEST ALBUM
The legendary musician Vusi Mahlasela tells Sowetan that he hopes his latest album Umoya will bring healing.
Mahlasela adds that he recorded his latest album during Covid-19 and that was the time of a great test for humanity.
“To have it released now, it was a spiritual way forward for this album to acknowledge the supremacy of the Almighty and the undying human spirit.”
He adds that the Flame Studio at Constitution Hill was offered to him to record his new songs as demos, but the songs directed themselves where they wanted to go, led by his ancestral spirits. So, because of the history of the place the music cleansed the place in some way.
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‘UMOYA’: HEALING ALBUM
The publication adds that the veteran artist Vusi Mahlasela received a standing ovation when he performed his latest album Umoya on Sunday, 8 October
Mahlasela performed his latest work at the Market Theatre and was hosted by Womad when he performed his latest songs.
The talented artist says his overall message from his album is about celebrating “who we are as people” with South African and African languages and instruments in the music.
He tells IOL that Umoya is a deeply thoughtful and spiritually driven musical project that aims to not only entertain but also inspire and heal.
“You who are chosen to deliver the healing message through music. Teach an understanding of the power of the soul that aligns us to destiny and begin to heal collective illnesses and balance the harmony of new beginnings.”
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