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Hometalk is the second album by South African Afropop fusion band Mango Groove.The album was released in November 1990 by Tusk Music. It went gold upon release in South Africa, and has since reached platinum status. [1]
Mango Groove is an 11-piece South African Afropop band whose music fuses pop and township music—especially marabi and kwela. Since their foundation in 1984, the band has released six studio albums and numerous singles.
Mango Groove is the self-titled debut album of Mango Groove, a South African pop fusion band whose sound is influenced by township music. Seven of the eleven songs on the album were released as singles. The album sold extremely well, breaking national sales records and maintaining a high rank in the radio charts for a year.
Claire Johnston (born 16 December 1967) is an Anglo-South African singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer of the South African fusion band Mango Groove. [1] [2]Born in the South of England, Johnston has lived in South Africa since the age of three.
Mango Groove: Live in Concert is a concert video released by South African fusion group Mango Groove in 2011. In addition to the 19 songs performed at the concert, the DVD includes songs, music videos , and an electronic press kit from the band's 2009 album, Bang the Drum .
Eat a Mango was the last studio album Mango Groove released until Bang the Drum in 2009. In the interim, the band members pursued other creative projects. [ 3 ] In a 2014 interview, lead singer Claire Johnston offered an explanation for the hiatus: "We experienced a creative lull.
Lead singer Claire Johnston told an interviewer that the band wanted to produce "a 'roots' album… infused with… contemporary influences". Two of the songs, she said, represent two aspects of Mango Groove: "Hey" has the "fun, pennywhistle party sound", and "Belong" (a song about being South African) shows a "more introspective side".
Faces to the Sun is the sixth studio album by South African Afropop band Mango Groove. Released in October 2016, Faces to the Sun is a double album with more than a dozen featured artists. The first disc comprises renditions of major South African pop songs.