Graceful song bird Judith Sephuma excited her fans at her last jazz performance at this year’s National Arts Festival at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Hall.
The crowd stood up as one and couldn’t help dancing to the smooth and classic numbers backed up by her new and smaller band.
Graceful song bird Judith Sephuma excited her fans at her last jazz performance at this year’s National Arts Festival at the Diocesan School for Girls (DSG) Hall.
The crowd stood up as one and couldn’t help dancing to the smooth and classic numbers backed up by her new and smaller band.
A obviously spiritual Sephuma received the warm and positive response that she says she loves to see as her audience were all happy, dancing and cheering, especially when she sang the well known song, Ntylo Ntylo, from her first album, A Cry, as her opening number.
She says she felt really honoured when she received a record turnout at her show. The down to earth Venda diva said, “The only thing that has changed in my performances at this year’s Festival is that my little son who usually disturbs my performances is not around and my music arrangements have slightly changed, I have no bass and drums this year.”
Sephuma tries to arrange it so that her family attends her shows but they couldn’t make it this year. The busy mother of two plays a role like any other mother to her kids, after being dropped by their dad in the morning she picks them up at school in the afternoon but what she enjoys most is playing soccer with them.
On the subject of South African music, Sephuma believes that we have a long way to go and that our musicians have to work hard marketing themselves as a business.
According to her, most artists are more concerned about paying their bills rather than doing what they love because of the pressure they are put under.
“Musicians should be appreciated in SA just like in America, they should be supported like soccer players,” she said.
Her record and management company, Lalomba Music is named after her Venda name. After founding the company she immediately felt that she was in control of her career and did not want other people to control her.
Sephuma will be recording at her studio in two months time, working on a new album that will be released before the end of the year.
“The one thing that I like about coming to Grahamstown is the relaxed feeling and the laid back life that people live here and to just relax and walk around without people bothering me,” said the radiant Sephuma.
