Gospel legend Sipho Makhabane is in the Eastern Cape to promote his 33rd album titled Sinekhaya.
Makhabane started his promotion tour in Mthatha this week and was in East London and Bhisho yesterday visiting media houses.
In the 13-track album, Makhabane features renowned Zimbabwean jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi.
Makhabane said his friendship with Mtukudzi started in the early 1990s.
“He used to come to my shows when I performed in Zimbabwe.
“We got to know each other and ended up being good friends,” he said.
Makhabane said the song Tinotenda Jesu was a way of appreciating his Zimbabwean fans, “and Baba Mtukudzi was the perfect person to collaborate with”.
The Siyabonga Jesu hitmaker burst onto the music industry in the late 1980s and has released popular songs that include Yek’intokozo, Calvary, and Vuka Mphemfumlo Wam.
But it was his 2002 album Kuhle Moya Wami featuring Jabu Ngcobo that made him a household name.
Makhabane said his Eastern Cape supporters could expect to see him perform the new album during his national tour that will start at the beginning of next year.
“I will definitely come to the Eastern Cape to give them a taste of my new album,” he said
Makhabane has toured the world preaching the word of God through his music.
Last month he was in Manchester in the UK and, on his return to South Africa, he performed at the Macufe festival in Bloemfontein.
“I am humbled by the support my supporters still give me.
“It is not easy to survive in this industry, but through their support I have managed to stay relevant and appealing to the younger audience,” he said.
After releasing his groundbreaking album Ebenezer in 2010, which featured Jabu Ngcobo and Hlengiwe Mhlaba, Makhabane announced that he was retiring from singing to focus on developing new talent.
“My supporters demanded that I carry on. They told me that they still needed my music,” he said.
Makhabane survived a car accident two years ago that left him with a scar on his head.
“I was in a coma for six days and there was no hope that I would make it ... But on the seventh day I gained consciousness,” he said.
A few days after being discharged from hospital, he was in the studio.
“That is when Thobekile Mkhwanazi’s hit Wonderful Day was produced.” — sinom@dispatch.co.za
Makhabane promotes album in EC
Makhabane started his promotion tour in Mthatha this week and was in East London and Bhisho yesterday visiting media houses.
In the 13-track album, Makhabane features renowned Zimbabwean jazz musician Oliver Mtukudzi.
Makhabane said his friendship with Mtukudzi started in the early 1990s.
“He used to come to my shows when I performed in Zimbabwe.
“We got to know each other and ended up being good friends,” he said.
Makhabane said the song Tinotenda Jesu was a way of appreciating his Zimbabwean fans, “and Baba Mtukudzi was the perfect person to collaborate with”.
The Siyabonga Jesu hitmaker burst onto the music industry in the late 1980s and has released popular songs that include Yek’intokozo, Calvary, and Vuka Mphemfumlo Wam.
But it was his 2002 album Kuhle Moya Wami featuring Jabu Ngcobo that made him a household name.
Makhabane said his Eastern Cape supporters could expect to see him perform the new album during his national tour that will start at the beginning of next year.
“I will definitely come to the Eastern Cape to give them a taste of my new album,” he said
Makhabane has toured the world preaching the word of God through his music.
Last month he was in Manchester in the UK and, on his return to South Africa, he performed at the Macufe festival in Bloemfontein.
“I am humbled by the support my supporters still give me.
“It is not easy to survive in this industry, but through their support I have managed to stay relevant and appealing to the younger audience,” he said.
After releasing his groundbreaking album Ebenezer in 2010, which featured Jabu Ngcobo and Hlengiwe Mhlaba, Makhabane announced that he was retiring from singing to focus on developing new talent.
“My supporters demanded that I carry on. They told me that they still needed my music,” he said.
Makhabane survived a car accident two years ago that left him with a scar on his head.
“I was in a coma for six days and there was no hope that I would make it ... But on the seventh day I gained consciousness,” he said.
A few days after being discharged from hospital, he was in the studio.
“That is when Thobekile Mkhwanazi’s hit Wonderful Day was produced.” — sinom@dispatch.co.za
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