Chicago-based, South African singer-songwriter prepares to release cross-continental collaboration album
Rozanne Gewaar sings quiet observations of the human spirit, our relations and our struggles. She spent her childhood years in Knysna, South Africa, where she would wander along the Knysna lagoon, humming stories to herself. Her student years in Port Elizabeth brought songs of the ocean, the sky, flying, loving, laughing, and language. She currently finds inspiration in the American Midwest, with its wide skies, everflowing highways and the open hearts of people who love freely.
Chicago, IL - November 5, 2012 Singer-songwriter Rozanne Gewaar will perform songs from her 2012 CD release, "Songs from Church Street" (spoiler - no religious content included!) at a live recording session at Gallery Cabaret in Chicago, on Saturday, 17 November 2012. The Gallery Cabaret improv band, affectionately known as "The Kavanaghs", will accompany the singer.
Included is a performance of the song "Kill No More", a powerful anthem that speaks to the steadily increasing, and underreported incidence of farm murders in South Africa.
Rolling Stone, South Africa, wrote of the album, "Three songs settle the quivering heart of the album, readying it for a firm step out onto the ice: “The Little Goat” is all ominous fable, “Caution” hands out self-inflicted advice (‘I’ll say this once: caution leaves you dissatisfied’), then “Blue Eyed Madness” channels Beth Gibbons as she sounded on her sojourn with Rustin Man. Influences don’t come much better than that."
An Afrikaans-language album is set for release in December 2012. Rozanne will perform songs from this album at Gallery Cabaret in November. The album is an intercontinental collaboration between Rozanne and improvisational cellist Ha!Man Francois le Roux, who tours the US, Europe and South Africa annually. The album was recorded across two Chicago-based studios, en route Francois' travels using his mobile recording studio, and is mastered in Cape Town, South Africa. The album will be promoted in the USA, the Netherlands, and South Africa.
Contact: Rozanne Gewaar
Phone: (937) 564-8053
Email: gewaarwordings@yahoo.com
Phone: (937) 564-8053
Email: gewaarwordings@yahoo.com
| Artist Name: | Rozanne Gewaar Album: Songs From Church Street |
| First/Last Name: | ROZANNE STOMAN |
| Email address: | GEWAARWORDINGS@YAHOO.COM |
| Hometown: | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Website: | http://www.aroseinchicago.com |
| Style of music: | Acoustic Folk |
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| Other: | http://www.aroseinchicago.com |
| Label Affiliation: | Unsigned |
| Performing Rights Affiliation: | ASCAP (USA) |
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