South African Music celebrated at the South African Arts Festival, Los Angeles

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Mahotella Queens, South African Arts Festival at Grand Performances, Los Angeles, October 5, 2013

South African Arts Festival, Grand Performances, Los Angeles, October, 5, 2013

Letters From Exile: Ms. Lauryn Hill releases new music

“Consumerism is part of some material I was trying to finish before I had to come in. We did our best to eek out a mix via verbal and emailed direction, thanks to the crew of surrogate ears on the other side. Letters From Exile is material written from a certain space, in a certain place. I felt the need to discuss the underlying socio-political, cultural paradigm as I saw it. I haven’t been able to watch the news too much recently, so I’m not hip on everything going on. But inspiration of this sort is a kind of news in and of itself, and often times contains an urgency that precedes what happens. I couldn’t imagine it not being relevant. Messages like these I imagine find their audience, or their audience finds them, like water seeking it’s level.”

– Ms. Lauryn Hill

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