In this video I present ‘six songs in seven minutes’ – a sample from each of six new co-creations with young people from Vrygrond in Cape Town. The themes of these songs range from concerns with gangsterism, drive-by shootings, drugs, and xenoophobic attacks, to love of family, singing and hope for the future. Where my… Read more »
Had the pleasure of co-writing ‘Why Not Care While You’re Here’ with Verity Price recently. Verity is passionate about exploring the single use plastic crisis and the planetary inconvenience that our convenience-fuelled lifestyles is causing through her songs and talks: “The enemies of our past wielded guns and bombs, but the enemies of our future… Read more »
The song in the video below goes out to Greta Thunberg, Autumn Peltier and all our other youths and children having to fight a grown-up’s battle. I felt compelled to put this out there after having seen and heard all of the abuse that our teen climate warriors are getting on social media and elsewhere…. Read more »
// NEW video log: Sharing the background for a co-write with a young man (14) from Cape Town. The topic is crime and living with concerns for one’s own and everyone else’s safety and well-being. His vision for the future is clear: He wants ‘a happy community with people treating each other like one big… Read more »
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