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Clauds soars over the clouds

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Clauds has been singing for decades, but her debut full-length album is making her popular among music lovers. Entitled Identity, the album is worth listening to as both sound and lyrics are of high quality.

“The biggest highlight of my music career so far has been the release of my debut album, which was released on 1 August,” she said. “The album consists of songs that talk about current affairs, love, depression, condemnation, and relationships, among other messages.”

She has also released a music video for the song Shango Lashu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubAg4gVDwBk), which is available on YouTube.

The album consists of 13 original and beautiful tracks. “I have also featured some great musicians on the album, and these are Zuluboy (rapper), Lebo Morolo (Jazz pianist), and Karabo Mogane (former Idols winner),” she said.

Born Claudina Ramulondi, Clauds is originally from Ha-Mashamba, but she is currently staying in Polokwane. “I am a wife and mother to three beautiful girls,” she said. She describes herself as a composer, songwriter, and a singer. She started singing at the age of 11 in a school choirs and Sunday school choir.

“My ‘Aha’ moment was when I performed a song that my husband and I wrote for our wedding in 2010, where we left the guests in awe,” she said.

For Clauds, music is a divine gift that people have been given by the Creator to feed the inner soul, to communicate different messages to each other, and also to express the innermost thoughts that people could otherwise struggle to verbalise in the native languages. 

“Music has the power to inspire, heal, and also to give hope to those that may have lost courage and hope for a better tomorrow,” she said. “For example, one of the songs on my newly released album is called It matters. This song encourages those who have stopped dreaming of a better future to go back to their dreams and believe that their dreams are valid and that they should have courage to pursue them.”

While she does not have a specific mentor, some great artists she looks up to are Judith Sephuma, Lalah Hathaway, and Jonathan Butler.

“I’m generally inspired by any person who has discovered their life purpose and wakes up every morning to pursue progress towards achieving their purpose,” she said. “A great example is our former president, Nelson Mandela. Another example is of a great teacher recorded in the Bible, called Jesus, who only lived for 33 years but achieved his life’s purpose in the short years that he lived.”

Fans can follow Clauds on her social media pages to get the latest information about her music:  YouTube and Facebook (Clauds SA), Twitter and Instagram (Clauds_ZA).

 

 
 

Clauds. Picture supplied

 

By: Tshifhiwa Mukwevho

Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho was born in 1984 in Madombidzha village, not far from Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province. After submitting articles for roughly a year for Limpopo Mirror's youth supplement, Makoya, he started writing for the main newspaper. He is a prolific writer who published his first book, titled A Traumatic Revenge in 2011. It focusses on life on the street and how to survive amidst poverty. His second book titled The Violent Gestures of Life was published in 2014.

 

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