One word that describes
Joy Denalane, Fantastic! This South African/German singer-songwriter
mixes African folk music, Soul, R&B with English and German
lyrics and makes amazing music. No matter whether she is singing in
English, German or African folk music Joy Denalane has a whole lot of
soul. Joy Denalane was born Joy Maureen Denalane on June 11, 1973 in
Berlin-Schöneberg Germany but grew up in Kreuzberg Germany. Joy knew
what she wanted at an early age. She left home when she was 16 years
old to pursue a music career. Joy joined the Reggae and Soul bands
Culture Roots and Family Affair. Joy was 19 when she signed with a
major pop label, but that didn’t work out because they did not know
how to market her type of music. Joy really became known on the music
scene in 2002 in Europe with her debut album “Mamani”. Joy went
on a solo tour in 2003. Joy has received several awards a Comet
award for “Best Hip-Hop/R&B National” and three ECHO award
nominations, including “Best Female Artist”. Her 2006 second
album “Born & Raised” is my favorite. The song “Born &
Raised” the title song of the album is about her life. It has that
old school feel. This album is so soulful! Joy has Lupe Fiasco,
Raekwon, and Governor featured on this album. Joy has also worked
with other artist like Tweet, Dwele and Bilal. Joy Denalane has been
around for some years and I have never heard of her. When I first
heard Joy Denalane was on December 27, 2012. She was playing on
Streetwise Radio and the song was “Be Real”. I looked her up and
was listening to her. I had to write on her, so other people could
experience her wonderful talent. I put some links to my favorite
songs for your listening pleasure. You can listen to new R&B
artists like Joy Denalane on Streetwise Radio. You can also listen to
Streetwise Radio on Pandora, iTunes, MyGen365, Live365 and Athena365.
LM
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