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PILANI BUBU (South Africa) - Multi Award Winning, Indelible Storyteller Pilani Bubu is never without a lived experience etched into her heart and mind in a highly expressive musical journey. Music is her main canvas, and words, the paint brush that determines her sonic landscape. She tells authentic stories of inspiration, identity, and influence. Her mission is to leave her audiences with an elevated consciousness. A multifarious artist, an intentional performer with a unique voice and cohesive global sound she likes to call jazzy folk soul. Pilani’s music expresses themes of culture, identity, spirituality, love, light, human consciousness, and transformation. Her conceptual and thematic narratives are held together by her versatility in jazz, folk, funk, RnB and soul.
Press Quotes:
"The singer publishes the album Folklore: Chapter 1, a poetic and militant chronicle of South African society served by timeless folk music" -FIP
"In this first album, the South African singer recounts her cultures and her roots within a folk music inhabited by poetry and spoken-word" -NOVA
“Pilani Bubu stands out as a complete artist” - FRANCE INTER
“She sings with a clear voice – and sometimes slams – her own texts in Xhosa, Mpondo, Zulu and English” - LE MONDE
"His introductory disc insists on the strength of traditions and the place of women in his native country"
RFI
“Pilani Bubu's song is auroral. It evokes the purity of the first morning of the world »
AMINA
Press Quotes:
"The singer publishes the album Folklore: Chapter 1, a poetic and militant chronicle of South African society served by timeless folk music" -FIP
"In this first album, the South African singer recounts her cultures and her roots within a folk music inhabited by poetry and spoken-word" -NOVA
“Pilani Bubu stands out as a complete artist” - FRANCE INTER
“She sings with a clear voice – and sometimes slams – her own texts in Xhosa, Mpondo, Zulu and English” - LE MONDE
"His introductory disc insists on the strength of traditions and the place of women in his native country"
RFI
“Pilani Bubu's song is auroral. It evokes the purity of the first morning of the world »
AMINA
Genres
: afro soulMonthly listeners
6,407
Followers
2,253
Top Cities
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Johannesburg557 listeners -
Cape Town268 listeners
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Pretoria212 listeners
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Nairobi342 listeners -
Durban145 listeners
Most popular tracks
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181,999 | 5:13 | 2023-06-15 | |
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84,641 | 3:05 | 2022-04-30 | |
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63,156 | 2:25 | 2022-04-30 | |
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44,643 | 3:56 | 2023-11-17 | |
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41,337 | 4:43 | 2018-08-14 | |
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38,211 | 2:41 | 2023-09-01 | |
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17,180 | 4:08 | 2022-04-30 | |
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13,415 | 4:45 | 2023-08-25 | |
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13,313 | 4:31 | 2023-09-01 | |
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13,140 | 4:17 | 2022-04-30 |
