(Right: Khombisile
“Skho” Miya)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will
present Heritage Twosday with Maskandi musician Khombisile “Skho” Miya on September
10, 2019.
Khombisile Miya and her exceptional band are
unique in the genre of the maskandi. The band infuses the richness of the
traditional music genre with African sound and pure maskandi beats. The music
instilled with dialogue of traditional and contemporary social comments.
Miya aims to be an ambassador, transmitter
of the artistic, cultural, and heritage wisdom of African cultures in South
Africa and Africa throughout the world, enhancing the essence of the
celebration of the living heritage throughout the generations using music and
dance.
Khombisile “Skho” Miya on lead vocalist
will be joined by keyboard player Wiseman Chiyi, guitarist- Bhekizwe Khalala,
bassist Mzo Mkhize, drummer Sbu Mkhize and backing vocalists/dancers Bonisiwe
Phungula, Nontobeko Mtshare and Pinky Mabaso.
The concert takes place at The Centre for
Jazz and Popular music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard
College Campus on September 10, 2019, at 18h00 (doors open at 17h30). General
admission R80 (R50 pensioners, R25 students). Contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or
email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.zafor more details.
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