Keerate, Leburu give solid performances
Chippa Legodimo | Tuesday May 6, 2014 12:21
Leburu opened the show attended by a small crowd of about 30.
The soft-spoken Leburu known for his personal engagement with the audience, did it again as he now and then paused to explain what his songs symbolised.
“You are only the second crowd to hear this song, it has not been released. The first time I played it was last year at an event where Rre Masire was invited. I respect the old man’s rich command of the Setswana language hence I dedicate it to him,” he said as he tuned his guitar for another of his songs.
The young jazz maestro had kept the fires burning softly like the coals but the real excitement kicked in when the man of the night Keerate and his band took to the stage.
Executing a high level of confidence and polished instrumental skills, the band immediately solicited claps and encores.
Brian Khuzwayo on bass guitar seemed to steal the limelight until Andrew Changanga stepped up his game and alternated the tenor saxophone, and flute giving the music a little bit of his own signature.
Presenting that cool demeanour, Blessing Godzi provided that rhythmic element to the sound, which the audience found serenading. Enock Mbewe controlled the tempo of the show with double steps and hissing touches on the percussions much to the delight of the small crowd.
“It was deliberate to have only a few people coming to this show because we wanted it to be personal and intimate,” Keerate said.
The band had the crowd in stitches when they gave an animation of the track Babe Ntshware. Here Oral Mokgadi and Keerate, both guitarists and vocalists, touched each other’s ears as they pumped the lyrics into separate microphones.
They gave a solid performance that certified the launch a success.