Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Shingai Shoniwa


"Shoniwa grew up to a single mother from Zimbabwe in a South London public-housing estate. The experience, Shoniwa says, absolutely informs her music. “Wanting to escape from reality can inspire the greatest and most trivial creative natures in people,” and “I think escapism is something that connects all of us. Everybody has their own little soundtrack, and I guess I’m trying to make my own soundtrack to my escape plan. I want people to realize that there’s so much more.”
She first wanted to be an actress, and for a while joined the Lost Vagueness crew as a burlesque performer. She studied circus skills at a London youth club as a teenager. When she graduated, she attended art school and dabble in local theatre. Her classmate and friend, Dan Smith, would hold what she called "ridiculous jam sessions — too many people strumming broken guitars thinking they're Syd Barrett." One day she joined him singing, and the two quickly formed a group." - Source
To see more about Shingai , check her out on Facebook & Myspace.

4 comments:

  1. Cool group I like 'Every Now and Then'. Cute song

    ReplyDelete
  2. i LOVE her. The fact that she is doing what she loves and it is not the stereotypical "Black girl thing" is awesome. AND her hair is natural. I just want to shake her hand..

    ReplyDelete
  3. She's an incredible artist and has an amazing voice. I first heard about her on CurrentTV.

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for your comment! Be sure to check back for my response... Also, if you have any problems with posting your comments, please email your response to naturalhairbeauty@gmail.com, and I will post the response, to the desired post, as "A readers comment, received by email." Thank you for visiting... Karen