Culture Spears to unleash new hits

MOGOMOTSI MOLOI
Correspondent | Tuesday March 11, 2008 00:00

 

The group's lead singer Kabelo Mogwe confirmed to Showtime over the weekend that their new product is on the way and their fans should brace themselves for more captivating hits. 'We are busy preparing our third album and hopefully it will be out in two weeks,' he said.

Though he would not elaborate, Mogwe hopes the album will be out before the Easter holidays. He said their fans should be patient as the group is preparing 'something hotter' than Kulenyane, which won the group three awards last year.

Although their counterparts in the music industry started this year on a high note, the quartet have never featured in any show and their fans were unsure of the group's whereabouts. Asked what they had been doing behind the scenes since January, Mogwe explained: 'We are still around but have been concentrating on the bigger South African market.'

He revealed that they have taken South Africa by storm, with Culture Spears staging shows in provinces as far as Limpopo. He said their music had been initially popular in the North West and Gauteng but they have since spread their wings to other provinces.

Mogwe is excited at their prospects in South Africa. He indicated that they have learnt that their music is equally popular in Lesotho.

'Recently a group of people from Lesotho were here (Gaborone) for a conference and they demanded that we perform for them. They asked us if we could travel to Lesotho because people out there love our music,' said a happy Mogwe.

He added that they have grown tremendously and would not want to disappoint Batswana. He said if they were based in South Africa they were not going to release an album because Kulenyane was still doing well. As a result of the pressure from Batswana, they are going to release new songs.

Culture Spears, which originates from Kasane, comprises of Mogwe, Magdalene Lesolebe, Thembeni Ramosetlheng, Lydia Oile, and Jellinah Mokgwatheng. The group shot to fame with Korone a few years ago. But as they became more established they were eventually branded bo-Mmadikokwana because they had a song called Mmadikokwana in the album.

Kulenyane, their second and previous offering, made them immensely popular. And following high demand from the corporate world, the group decided to maximise their earnings by stopping staging public shows in preference of the mouth-watering offers from giant companies. Talking of thesuccess, Kulenyane won them the Mascom Botswana Musicians Union (BOMU) Song of the Year, Best Artist and Best DVD awards.

Mogwe vowed that they would work hard to live up to their reputation on the local music scene. If their previous albums are any yard stick, the coming one should make waves as well.

Meanwhile, Culture Spears have sponsored another traditional music artiste Mmusi Dikgole aka Topito to release his second album Bagolo Bame.