When it comes to supporting artists that we care about and have followed the career step-by-step, you don’t need to ask us twice. That’s why we welcome and are more than happy to share with you the call of one of our favourite “local” singer-songwriters.
We started following Zambian-Scottish musician Namvula three years ago, when she launched her debut album Shiwezwaat Old Queen’s Head in London.
After a three year (busy) hiatus spent touring, she is (almost) ready to record her second album inspired by the women who have touched and influenced her life and music. She gave life to an Indiegogo campaign, which has entered its final straight and you can help her to make it happen following this LINK!
We also asked her to introduce her new project to us and that’s what she said…
“After touring the first, critically-acclaimed album for three years, it’s now time for a new musical adventure…and so begins the second album!I wanted to reinterpret the lives and the stories of some of the girls and women who – over time and place – have moved and inspired me, and to explore the explosion of nuance that is femalehood. A creatively more mature album, I’ve been exploring a more open sound, listening to a lot of 80s Afro-psychedelia and blending elements of this into the bedrock of what existed before: touches of jazz, folk and funk/rock.
We’ll be recording the album live with the six-piece band over three days in London, in just under a month. I’m excited to be working with some of the same phenomenal musicians that I’ve toured and recorded with: Mercury-nominated bassist and producer Liran Donin, percussionist Mamadou Sarr (Baaba Maal), Mercury-nominated saxophonist Chris Williams, guitarist Phil Dawson (Mulatu Astatke), and drummer Yuval ‘Juba’ Wetzler. Long-time collaborator kora player Kadialy Kouyate will also be featuring on some of the tracks.
Recording independently – without label support – is expensive, which is why I’ve turned to that wonderful, democratic platform for funding independent projects, Indiegogo, to help make the second album possible. Your support will go directly to the nuts and bolts of making the record: the hire of rehearsal, recording and mixing studios, engineers’ fees, musicians’ session fees, producer fees, mastering, and manufacture. So far the campaign has had fantastic backing, but still needs additional support. The aim is to get to a minimum of £7500, which will ensure all the physical aspects of the recording. Anything above that will go towards PR (so people know about the album!), and album artwork. Join the journey in co-creating this second album!“
Rhythm Passport holders…we are in for another journey in sound! For the next two hours, Rhythm Passport Presents will let you travel the world music-world far and wide. We are indeed going to set off from the RTM.FM studio and together we will discover some of the most exciting new releases…
What a year 2017 has been for Namvula. A new album (titled Quiet Revolutions that we recently reviewed)and a newborn baby have surely revolutionised the life of the Scottish/Zambian singer-songwriter. We had the pleasure of meeting her a few weeks ago to have a chat about all the events that occurred…
The cultural heritage that Quiet Revolutions brings to our ears is incredible, to put it mildly. Since her debut album Shiwezwa, released in 2014, Namvula has blazed a trail both at home and abroad with her impressive array of music fusion, from African styles to Scottish folk. She is a singer-songwriter,…
On April 6th, I ventured out to Rotherhithe in the South-Eastern corner of London to meet Namvula, a half-Zambian, half-Scottish musician whose 2014 debut album Shiwezwa received a wave of enthusiastic praise from the press. We meet as she waits to play an intimate set at a gig organised by…
To demonstrate how much Namvula is absorbed in her music I shall recount an incident that occurred during her album launch at the Old Queens Head in London. On stage she was entranced, moving to the relentless rhythm and the melody of her songAfrica, when suddenly a cloud of smoke…
![Album Review: Namvula – Quiet Revolutions [NMR Records; 10th November 2017]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/a3437947195_10-620x620.jpg)
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