Holly Rey First Woman to Win Record Of The Year in 20 Years

SAMA Award Holly Rey

Holly Rey becomes first woman to win SAMA Record of the Year in 20 years. Holly Rey became the first woman to take home the SAMA Record of the Year award in 20 Years when “Deeper” was named winner of the highly-coveted category at the 25th annual South African Music Awards. ALSO READ: SAMA awards … Read more

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty is about to blow up

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty

Nomthandazo Ngwetsheni aka Nomty born on the 9th February 1991 is a South African singer. She was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her name translates to “Prayer” in isiXhosa and she speaks three languages. She is an upcoming Afro-Soul vocalist, who refers to her music as “a fusion of soul elements of pop, jazz and African.”

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Her early childhood

She always knew that music was her calling, have loved to sing all her life. Growing up in a musical family, her Granddad being a composer, songwriter and conductor for choral choirs influenced her love for music at an early age.

Life was good for her as a child, she enjoyed putting on shows at home singing along to her favourite artists, but I always had a yearning of being like Brenda Fassie someone who would sing for the love of singing.
We all have life-changing moments and mine came in the form of a tragic train accident where she was travelling with her 3 sister-cousins and grandmother to Johannesburg. At the tender age of 10 she had to listen to her cousins suffer in agony of the train that had de-railed.

Her sister-cousins did not make it and the aftermath of this event (to this day) is like dealing with the aftermath of a Tsunami. 3 children gone and she survived. The emotional guilt that she has carried over the years has been a heavy one. Music went from being a love to being a form of escaping her reality. Life is not easy, the obstacle that we face at times seem virtually impossible to overcome. But in those words, lies the secret to making any dream happen – “It is Possible”.

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Ami Faku’s debut single, Ndikhethe Wena, launches on a high note

Ami Faku debut single, Ndikhethe Wena

Vth Season’s newest signee, Eastern Cape born, Nelson Mandela University (NMU) accounting student, Ami Faku (pronounced ahh-me), launched her debut single, Ndikhethe Wena, this past Friday on a high note.

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Known to have blown away all four judges on The Voice SA last year, Ami Faku has lived up to expectations and is currently blowing away listeners on radio stations across the country with her debut offering.

Since it’s debut on Friday, Ami Faku’s Ndikhethe Wena has been playlisted by 18 radio stations including the likes of Metro FM, Capricorn FM, Power FM, Tru FM, North West FM, UJ FM and Thobela FM just to name a few.

Ndikhethe Wena is currently charting on the North West FM Top 40 Chart and the cover artwork is featured on the landing page of JOOX SA.

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“The song is about being completely in love and not being bothered by the negativity that relationships are associated with. Sometimes as people we need to realise how precious relationships are. This person chose you out of all the people in the world, that’s special,” explains Ami Faku.

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