{"id":176479626,"date":"2019-06-23T14:41:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176479626"},"modified":"2019-06-23T14:41:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T19:41:54","slug":"video-germany-got-soul-joy-denalane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2019\/06\/23\/video-germany-got-soul-joy-denalane\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Germany Got Soul&#8211;Joy Denalane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Germany&#8217;s Joy Denalane is one of the best soul singers on the planet. Period. Born 11 June 1973 in Berlin, her mother is German and her father South African. When she was sixteen she left home and started a life long career as a vocalist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqW3BB27g3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Although German is her mother tongue, she occasionally records in English.\u00a0Her debut studio album was <strong><em>Mamani<\/em><\/strong> in 1973 and featured a cameo appearance by Hugh Masekela on the title track. She had journeyed to South Africa to meet her paternal family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQb5qJRy0QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After over 15 years, Joy continues to pursue a career as a singer. Here are tracks covering her career.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They range broadly across her social and political concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/39333133?app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Joy Denalane - No More (official music video)\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r-rrGHRG5hU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Joy is forthright in her emphasis on gender concerns. She sings of the struggles as well as the sweetness of personal intimacy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RYRXWhzyUfM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hb4KKuEoFDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/82374465?app_id=122963\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Mit Dir feat. Joy Denalane - MTV Unplugged Live\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">What is distinctive about Joy&#8217;s music is how she is able to communicate across the language barrier. I remember when I got ahold of her first album and was so excited because of how strongly the music overcame my limited foreign language skills. She just sounded like a woman I knew. Someone familiar. A sister from around the corner even though, in truth, she was from the other side of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/21435783?app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"Joy Denalane - &quot;Niemand (Was Wir Nicht Tun)&quot; : MAUREEN IN SESSION VOL 01\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dG5P4itz02k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As Joy Denalane so ably illustrates, Germany has got soul, y&#8217;all. And what a tremendous joy it is to behold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u2013kalamu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany&#8217;s Joy Denalane is one of the best soul singers on the planet. Period. Born 11 June 1973 in Berlin, her mother is German and her father South African. 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