Earl Klugh is coming to town
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Earl Klugh
One of the finest guitar players in modern times, Klugh is the star performer billed for the annual FNB All That’s Jazz Concert at Gaborone International Convention Centre (GICC) on October 4, 2014. Klugh, who started music at the age of 13, has recorded several platinum selling albums, both in collaborations and as a solo musician. Between 1976 and 2013, Klugh has released 19 personal albums and many other duet albums.
He has been praised by many publications the world over for his brilliance on the guitar and is also credited for creating his ‘own sound’ by fusing jazz, pop and rhythm and blues sounds.One of Botswana’s finest jazz musicians, Lister Boleseng, is scheduled to curtain raise for Klugh.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...