NNEKA - Soul is Heavy!
Kino Šiška - Katedrala, December 9 2011, 8.30 p.m.
“One of the best soul singers to emerge in the past few years” The Times“
Our girl Nneka is the greatest… this afro-soul rump-shaker is pure hotness” Rolling Stone
Nneka Egbuna left her native Nigeria at the beginning of the millennium, going on to graduate in archaeology and anthropology in Hamburg, but it is her music that has brought her fame. As a singer and songwriter, she found popularity after her very first EP, The Uncomfortable Truth, followed by global fame with the song ‘Heartbeat’ from the album No Longer At Ease (2008). She was instantly adopted by fans in the US last year, who began to rank her talent alongside that of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu. However, Nneka has her own (exceptional) voice and an even stronger message, which we can now hear on her third album to be released in Europe, Soul is Heavy, which came out on 26 September 2011. It features songs of love, pain, politics and God, via a deftly balanced mix of hip-hop rhythms, reggae melodies and Afropop.
The candour and honesty of her first two albums earned her the title of ‘soul singer of the 21st century’, while the third has merely cemented her position as the fast-rising star of conscious black music, with guest appearances from Black Thought (The Roots) and Ms. Dynamite. It was produced once again by friend and writer DJ Farhot, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst and Philippe Weiss, whose recent credits include work by Amy Winehouse, Adele, CeeLo Green and Wyclef Jean.
• Nneka Egbuna: vocals
• Garry Sullivan: drums
• Emanuell ‘Gros’ Ngolle Pokossi: bass
• Jonas ‘Mo’ da Silva Pinheiro: guitar
• Nis Koetting: keyboards
www.nnekaworld.com
http://festival.drugagodba.si/en/artists/#a257339
Nneka – Soul is Heavy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkDgnVJa7SU
Tickets: www.eventim.si
Presales: 20 eur, 16 eur students-retirees
On the day of the concert: 23 eur, 18,40 eur students-retirees
Kino Šiška - Katedrala, December 9 2011, 8.30 p.m.
“One of the best soul singers to emerge in the past few years” The Times“
Our girl Nneka is the greatest… this afro-soul rump-shaker is pure hotness” Rolling Stone
Nneka Egbuna left her native Nigeria at the beginning of the millennium, going on to graduate in archaeology and anthropology in Hamburg, but it is her music that has brought her fame. As a singer and songwriter, she found popularity after her very first EP, The Uncomfortable Truth, followed by global fame with the song ‘Heartbeat’ from the album No Longer At Ease (2008). She was instantly adopted by fans in the US last year, who began to rank her talent alongside that of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu. However, Nneka has her own (exceptional) voice and an even stronger message, which we can now hear on her third album to be released in Europe, Soul is Heavy, which came out on 26 September 2011. It features songs of love, pain, politics and God, via a deftly balanced mix of hip-hop rhythms, reggae melodies and Afropop.
The candour and honesty of her first two albums earned her the title of ‘soul singer of the 21st century’, while the third has merely cemented her position as the fast-rising star of conscious black music, with guest appearances from Black Thought (The Roots) and Ms. Dynamite. It was produced once again by friend and writer DJ Farhot, and mixed by Tom Elmhirst and Philippe Weiss, whose recent credits include work by Amy Winehouse, Adele, CeeLo Green and Wyclef Jean.
• Nneka Egbuna: vocals
• Garry Sullivan: drums
• Emanuell ‘Gros’ Ngolle Pokossi: bass
• Jonas ‘Mo’ da Silva Pinheiro: guitar
• Nis Koetting: keyboards
www.nnekaworld.com
http://festival.drugagodba.si/en/artists/#a257339
Nneka – Soul is Heavy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkDgnVJa7SU
Tickets: www.eventim.si
Presales: 20 eur, 16 eur students-retirees
On the day of the concert: 23 eur, 18,40 eur students-retirees