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Artist
Zoë Modiga
12+ albums
african female vocalistssouth africafemale soul vocalists
about
Zoë Modiga is an artist who represents the present and future of South African music drawing from the roots of roots of African storytelling, Jazz composition and Motown soul but creating a sound entirely her own in order to communicate an evolving African sound without loosing its essence. A celebrated artist at home with awards such as the Mbokodo Award - an event to recognise women who have shown leadership, fostered growth and made efforts to strengthen the arts - in South Africa (2018) and SAMRO Overseas Scholarship Competition (2015). Zoë’s debut album was nominated for Best Jazz Album and Best African Artist for the 24th South African Music Awards 2018. Her first single ‘Lengoma’ off her second album to be released in 2020 has been receiving strong airplay on South African radio. Zoë has performed at celebrated festivals at home in South Africa such as the The Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Durban Jazz Festival, Oppikoppi, Rocking the Daisies, Afropunk, Redbull Music Festival, Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival, Joburg Film Festival, Fete De La Musique, Basha Uhuru Festival, and many more. International she has played the famed MTN Bushfire Festival in eSwatini, toured Mozambique, the USA as part of Somi’s Africa Salon series and more recently in Germany with Seba Kaapstad. Zoë has collaborated with some of South Africa’s finest musicians including Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Thandiswa Mazwai, Johnny Clegg, Simphiwe Dana, Louis Maholo,
