Lydia Mamsie Tsosane’s Biography

Name: Lydia Mamsie Tsosane
Birth Date: 17 September 1976
Birth Place: Johannesburg, South Africa
Birth Name: Lydia Mamsie Tsosane
Height: 5’4“
Nationality: South African
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, lyricist,
Producer
Genres: R&B, Pop, Afro Pop, Jazz
Styles: Dance/Pop, NeoSoul, Jazz

LYDIA MAMSIE TSOSANE DETAILED BIOGRAPHY

BORN IN SOUTH AFRICA, FROM A FAMILY OF SINGERS, BOTH MOTHER AND FATHER WERE SINGERS. AS A LITTLE GIRL SHE STARTED SINGING ALONG TO RECORDS HER FATHER USED TO PLAY, DONNY HATHAWAY WAS ONE OF THEM AND UNKNOWINGLY SHE WAS PREPARING HERSELF FOR A FUTURE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS. AS MOST SINGERS, SHE ALSO STARTED IN CHURCH,THEN IT WAS SCHOOL CHOIRS UNTIL SHE REALIZED SHE COULD SING.

HER MUSIC CAREER STARTED WHEN SHE TEAMED UP WITH A TOWNSHIP BAND FROM SOWETO AND THE PAINT BRUSH STARTED PAINTING BEAUTIFUL COLORS IN HER LIFE, FROM JAZZ CLUBS TO NATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVALS , GALAS, ETC . SHE RECORDED
WITH SOUTH AFRICA’S WELL KNOW ARTIST AND GOT HER FIRST BRAKE AS A SONG WRITER WHEN ONE OF HER SONGS WAS FEATURED IN AN ALBUM CALLED CLASSICALLY ZULU .

IN 2003 SHE WAS ASKED TO JOIN THE NUMBER ONE MUSICAL IN SOUTH AFRICA UMOJA WHERE SHE TOURED WITH THEM FROM SOUTH AFRICA, ASIA AND EUROPE.

IN 2006 MOVED TO EUROPE GERMANY TO BE PART OF A DISNEY PRODUCTION THE LION KING HAMBURG COVERING THE ROLES OF RAFIKI, SHENZI AND AS A SWING SINGER.

IN 2008 SEPTEMBER JOINED AN AFRICAN CIRCUS AFRIKA
AFRIKA AS A LEAD SINGER, TOURED EUROPE WITH THEM.
IN 2009 SHE WENT BACK TO THE STUDIO AS A RECORDING ARTIST AND RELEASED TWO SINGLE ALBUMS ON HER OWN UNDER HER OWN NAME. SHE HAS WORKED HARD TO PROMOTE HERSELF DOING HER OWN RECORDINGS, COMPOSING, WRITING HER OWN LYRICS AND RELEASING HER OWN ALBUMS SHE NEVER GAVE UP AND NEVER WILL.
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT.
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LYDIA MAMSIE TSOSANE’S TRIVIA

UMOJA THE MUSICAL , LION KING HAMBURG, AFRIKA AFRIKA.
WORKED AND SHARED THE STAGE WITH THE LIKES OF HOWARD CARPENDALE, LOVE NEWKIRK, MICHAEL BENRND SCHMIDT( SMUDO), DARRYLL SMITH, DANNY KRETSCHMER( D-FLAME) LULU HUGHES, HOLGER SCHMIDT,COSMA SHIVA HAGEN, NINA HAGEN,NATALIE PÜTZ( NAIMA), EMMANUEL NGOLE (GROS), WOLFGANG SABROWSKY, NIGEL ASHER, TANZQUELLE, CORNELIA EWERT, THOR HAGEDORN( THOR DC) LEBOGANG MASEMOLA, JUDITH SEPHUMA, RINGO MADLINGOZI, NANA COYOTE, GLORIA BOSMAN, ABIGAIL KUBHEKA, DOLLY RATHEBE JUNE KRAUS TO NAME A FEW.

MINI REVIEWS ABOUT HER MUSIC

LOVE IT. SOFT ALMOST LATIN RHYTHMS BLEND INTO A SUBTLE R’N’B DROP THAT SOUNDS SO RELAXED AND READY FOR A GREATENJOYABLE SESSION. THE VOICE IS TOTALLY MESMERIZING, AND SHE CAN SING A WHOLE LOT BETTER THAN BEYONCE AND HER PEERS. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A FULLER VERSION OR EXTENDED MIX.NEIL BROWN IN MAIDSTONE UK

NICE NEW TYPE OF SOUL. VERY SOULFUL ARTIST. IS THERE ANY CHANCE I CAN DO A REMIX TO THIS SONG??
MP MARCUS IN LONDON UK

THANKS FOR COVERING THIS TRACK BY A SOUTH AFRICAN SINGER. THERE'S A LOT OF AMAZING MUSIC COMING OUT OF THE CONTINENT THAT
NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED HERE IN THE US. BLESSINGS!
DJ NEVA IN JERSEY CITY, NJ USA

VERY GOOD VOCALS, SPIRITUAL AND SOULFUL AND FUN TO HEAR.
MZN INDIE RADIO IN HADDON, NJ USA