Yvonne Mwale Explained

Yvonne Mwale
Birth Date:1988 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Lusaka, Zambia
Genre:World music, Jazz, Blues, Soul
Occupation:Singer
Years Active:2004–Present
Label:o-tone music, Caravan Records

Yvonne Mwale (born 14 December 1988 in Lusaka) is a Zambian Afro-Fusion, jazz and blues singer.

Biography

Mwale was born in Lusaka in 1988 and raised in Petauke, Zambia. She is the daughter of former Honorable Member of Parliament Michael Mwale and former songstress Jelita Mwanza.

She started her musical education at seven years old and soon after began performing in different churches and choirs across the country.[1] She joined the Zambian group B-Sharp as a vocalist where she received an advanced musical education from Jones Kabanga.

In 2009, Mwale was awarded with “Best Upcoming Female Artist” at the Ngoma Awards, the national music awards in Zambia.[2] [3] The same year, she formed a band with her friends named “Nyali”. The group, with Mwale as the lead singer, participated in the Music CrossRoads InterRegional Festival held in Livingstone Zambia in August 2009. Nyali won the competition and took home the prize for the first time ever for Zambia.[4] Later that year, the U.S. embassy in Lusaka initiated a project for the Department of State of the United States of America. Mwale was asked to participate in a song based on one of Barack Obama’s popular speeches.[5] [6]

The following year, her band recorded its first album. They were invited to tour Europe where they would perform for several months in eight different countries.[7] [8] On the African continent, South Africa and Malawi were destinations for performances.

In 2011, Mwale traveled to Tanzania, where she met her manager and started recording her solo album "Kalamatila". In January 2012, she signed with the Danish label Caravan Records. In 2013, she moved with her family to Germany where she recorded another album in Frankfurt. Her album "Ninkale - Let Me Be" was released in July 2014. In September 2016, her album "Msimbi Wakuda" was released.[9]

Discography

Albums

  1. Vilimba (2010) (CD, with Nyali Band)
  2. Kalamatila (2012) (CD Caravan Records)
  3. Ninkale – Let Me Be (2014) (CD, o-tone music/Soulfood)
  4. Msimbi Wakuda (2016) (CD, o-tone music/Soulfood).
  5. free soul(2020),(CD, o-tone music/soulfood)

Music videos

  1. Fight Like A Soldier (2012) (Dir. Matthias Krämer)[10]
  2. Sihitaji Marafiki with Fid Q (2012) (Dir. Mike Tee)
  3. Familia Yangu (2012) (Dir. Matthias Krämer)[11]
  4. 'Can I Call You My Love (2014) (Dir. Matthias Krämer)[12]

Awards and competitions

  1. 2009 - Best upcoming Female Artist, Ngoma Awards, Zambia
  2. 2009 - Winner of the Music CrossRoads InterRegional Competition
  3. 2012 - 2nd winner of the Jahazi Jazz Competition
  4. 2013 - Nominated at the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition
  5. 2013 - Nominated in two categories at the Kilimanjaro Tanzania Music Awards
  6. 2013 - Nominated for the “Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government”-Awards 2013 - Finalist at the RFI Prix Decouverté 2013 (Radio France Internationale)
  7. 2014 - Nominated for the Master-Jam Festival-Competition for Jazz- Improvisation Skills
  8. 2018- Nominated at the world citizen awards and she came out in the second place[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Yvonne Mwale . Youth Village Zambia . 2 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Yvonne Mwale awarded best upcoming female Zambian artist 2009 . Music Crossroads International .
  3. Web site: Post Zambia: Ngoma Awards . The Post .
  4. Web site: Music Crossroads . Nyali: The New Sound of Lusaka . YouTube . 2 September 2021 . 3 October 2009.
  5. Web site: Zambian Musicians Sing Obama Lyrics in "Change We Can Believe In" . USPolicy . https://archive.today/20130115061500/http://www.uspolicy.be/headline/zambian-musicians-sing-obama-lyrics-%E2%80%9Cchange-we-can-believe-in%E2%80%9D. dead. 15 January 2013.
  6. Web site: Lemba . Chilu . Change We Can Believe In . YouTube . 2 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140518191456/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wew8waEUqFU . 18 May 2014 . 1 August 2011 . dead.
  7. Web site: Nyali Begins Euro Tour With Spain . FlavaFM .
  8. Web site: Nyali . Music Crossroads International . 2 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100323174744/http://www.music-crossroads.net/?q=en/content/artists/nyali . 23 March 2010 . dead.
  9. News: Sängerin Yvonne Mwale: "Musik liegt in meinem Blut" . 2 September 2021 . Frankfurter Neue Presse . 10 October 2016 . de.
  10. Web site: Yvonne Mwale . Yvonne Mwale - Fight Like A Soldier [Official Video] ]. YouTube . 2 September 2021 . 30 January 2012.
  11. Web site: Yvonne Mwale . Yvonne Mwale - Familia Yangu [Official Video] ]. YouTube . 2 September 2021 . 14 September 2012.
  12. Web site: YvonneMwaleVEVO . Yvonne Mwale - Can I Call You My Love? . YouTube . 2 September 2021 . 30 October 2014.
  13. News: Zambian Musician - Yvonne Mwale Recognized At The World Citizen Awards . 2 September 2021 . ZambianMusic.net . 1 February 2018.

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