Times Of Swaziland: INTERNATIONALS APPLAUD CELUMUSA’S PERFORMANCE

INTERNATIONALS APPLAUD CELUMUSA’S PERFORMANCE
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BY DUDU DUBE  on 13/01/2021 23:49:00


MBABAN- Thumbs up.
Celumusa’s outstanding performance has landed applauses from Zolani Mkhiva and
Namibian DJ Siya.
This was after his performance at Evolve Studios on Sunday.
Zolani Mkhiva is a famous praise poet who used to be the former South African
President Nelson Mandela’s Poet Laureate.
His reaction read, “lovely rendition compatriot, talented patriot.”
While DJ Siya cheered by attesting on how amazing the performance was, he went
on to commend Evolve Studios for the smooth production.
Celumusa brought along his pianist Dennis Ndzimandze to his 48 minutes set.
songs
They kicked off the show by performing cover songs; their first song was dubbed
‘Nomkita’ by Musa, followed by ‘Made in Africa’ from Stephen Marley.
The last two covers were pieces by Bob Marley an Icon Celumusa takes inspiration
from, these covers were dubbed ; ‘Three little birds’ and ‘Redemption
song’.
While viewers were sharing their fire and heart emojis , Celumusa  shared one of
his original songs titled ‘Buhle Buyeza’
The song was composed as a theatre play theme song and it featured Qibho
Intelektual.
Celumusa surprised his viewers as he showed off his rapping skills; he sang
Qibho’s verses while strangling his guitar.
‘Buhle Buyeza’ was followed by ‘Imali Yami’ which is a house song
featured in by Namibian DJ Siya.
The song was released last year December and it was featured in DJ Siya’s 2020
Kabunya album.
The song was performed at a slow tempo, with Dennis marveling on the keys.
Their last song titled ‘I love you’ left the viewers astonished, a song from
his 2019 Extended Play (EP) dubbed ‘Tears’.
interview
In an interview with the man of the moment Celumusa, expressed his excitement
and thanked  Evolve Studios for giving him the opportunity to showcase his 
talent.
“The crew that I have worked with is amazing; these guys are bringing
something positive. The current COVID-19 pandemic halted so many plans in the
entertainment industry. Evolve Studios is giving local artists the platform to
showcase their talent,” he said.
He went on to share that he will be dropping more projects featuring well-known
artists from Botswana.
Evolve studios is an entity whose services include film, broadcast, photography
rentals and sales, as well as production services such as, live to screen,
live-streaming, production crew, graphic design, social media marketing and
management.
The company is Directed by Lunga Shongwe and Ntsandvoyenkhosi Magagula, who are
in a bid to save the entertainment industry, through  providing a digital
platform for artists to showcase their crafts.