Janzi Band Comes To Life At Alicia's Concert
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- 31 Mar 2022
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They say music is a universal language, regardless of what one is singing about if the melody is good, they will somehow relate. This came into play on Saturday at the National Theatre.
It was during the collaboration concert of renowned band Janzi alongside young yet promising French singer and rapper Alicia.
The 20-year-old was in Kampala courtesy of Alliance Francaise for a show, several studio recordings with a few Ugandan artistes, and of course a three-day residency with Janzi Band. The results will be an episode of Janzi Xtra; for the past two years, a project that has been an online platform that records and later broadcasts artists that are not receiving a fair share of mainstream media.
The show at the National Theatre saw music once again stand heads and shoulders over language. Alicia took to the stage first, she was quick to remind her Ugandan audience that they had to stand the fact that she speaks very little English.
But it wasn’t only about her Speech, Alicia., unlike many French artistes especially those we consider mainstream such as the Nigerian-born Asa or Irma that sing most of their songs in English, sings predominantly in French. Read More…
