Monthly Archives December 2017

Vrouekeur Artikel

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Maroela Media

Helena Hettema word deur aanhangers beskryf as ʼn musikale enigma, en haar 13de album, 21 Plus: 2017, doen dié beskrywing gestand. Dié album, wat uit Engelse en Afrikaanse snitte bestaan, is onlangs uitgereik. 21 Plus: 2017 is ʼn viering van my 22 jaar in die musiekbedryf,” vertel Hettema. “Saam met die album kom ʼn boekie van 24 bladsye en dit bevat ook die lirieke van die liedjies en foto’s van optredes. Ek wil hê die luisteraars moet op ʼn reis deur die jare saam met my gaan en ek dink hulle sal dit geniet om deur die boekie te blaai…. Read the entire article on Maroela Media

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Helena Latest CD – 21 plus

“21 plus (2017) celebrates more than two decades in the demanding yet magical music industry and a lifetime in song. I am proudly South African and a child of Africa with the sun in my soul and yet always a performer with my roots in Europe and I believe the front cover reflects this duality.This, my fourteenth CD also focuses on the songwriter in me with ten of my own songs. Older songs with new overcoats feature the soulful and sometimes funky arrangements by David Jooste ( he also worked on Divided Heart and Rooiwynliefde) such as Skadudans, Papermen, “Jasmine Lament” and “Song for him”, written in the late 80s and vibrant 90s. “Jasmine Lament”, for example was written out of longing in the golden streets of ancient Bologna, northern Italy.

“I travelled a road, I heard my...

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