#028 The glamour is at home | Siyabonga Mthembu (The Brother Moves On)

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"You're a migrant labourer that goes into the sky, not into the ground."

Welcome to Episode #3 in a 10-part series on "Parents in the Music Industry" - made possible with funding support from Music in Africa Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut. Guest: Siyabonga Mthembu (The Brother Moves On)

Siyabonga Mthembu is a performance artist, a curator, the vocalist from The Brother Moves On, and the first returning guest on our show. He's also a dad.

In this episode we talk about what it means to be a parent when you're on tour internationally for 30/40 days at a time. Siya talks about exposing your children to the arts (but not putting them on tv!), about kids writing catchy songs, having a village to raise them, being a safe place, and getting older. He also talks about the importance of knowing what KIND of artist you are, and he poses some incredibly important questions to South African artists.

Outro music: 'Elders' by The Brother Moves On.
Music used with permission from rights holders.
8 Dec 2021 English Explicit South Africa Music Interviews · Performing Arts

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