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31: 270:, her 2004 cover album of jazz and R&B classics, Johnston was contemplating the production of a third solo album to cover "great South African songs". The idea evolved into a Mango Groove project. Around the same time, Johnston and bandleader John Leyden divorced, and Johnston's mother died. "It was a turbulent time but a lot of that energy fed into the album and made it an emotional final product," Johnston said. 30: 325:
Shortly before the album's release, bandleader John Leyden commented on the musical collaborations: "We chose iconic South African artists that have been part of our own musical journey and whose amazing voices suited our interpretations of the songs, but at the same time, we also worked with a
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described the selections as "personal favourites of ours" that are about what it means to be South African. The second disc features eight original songs, plus a remix of Mango Groove's cover of "Durban Road" (a song first released by the
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for "From the Get Go" and "Another Country" premiered in November 2016; a music video for "Kind" followed in February 2017, and one for "Under African Skies" in July 2018.
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with more than a dozen featured artists. The first disc comprises renditions of major South African pop songs. Lead singer
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The album was recorded, arranged, and produced by bandmembers Andrew Baird and John Leyden at Orangotang Studios in the
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Four songs from the album were released as singles: "Faces to the Sun" was issued as a digital single in October 2015;
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On 5 October 2015, the band released the first single: "Faces to the Sun". At that time, the album was to be titled
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artist Mo T (Moshe Kgasoane); he is the son of the band's longtime trumpeter, Banza Kgasoane, who died in 2015.
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couple of new and exciting contemporary artists". One of the featured collaborators is trumpeter and
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on 28 October 2016; the CD release followed a week later, on 11 November. Photography for
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is by Graeme Wyllie, with graphic design by the Red Flag agency of Johannesburg.
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conceived the album circa 2011. Several years after the release of
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to the Rainbow Nation: South African Voices of Resistance"
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Album cover: An photograph of orange sunflowers under a deep blue sky streaked with whispy clouds. The artist name and album title are in gold sans-serif lettering at the top of the photo. The border of the photo is also gold.
Studio album
Mango Groove
Genre
Afropop
Afrikaans
Swahili
Zulu
Xhosa
Tsotsitaal
Label
Producer
Mango Groove
Bang the Drum
studio album
Afropop
Mango Groove
double album
Claire Johnston
Makhona Zonke Band
music videos
Claire Johnston
Sandton
Bryanston
gospel
inspirational music
double album
iTunes Store
Nelson Mandela
house music

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