Shanti-Lo glitters after 25-year music stay

Looking back on his career, Shanti-Lo says one of the most impactful moments was in 2011 when he was invited to perform at Stockholm Pride in Stockholm, Sweden. Although the trip was self-financed including the costs of two accompanists the experience proved to be a turning point.

“I performed at Kungsträdgården Park and later did an interview and live performance on Sweden’s largest commercial station, Nyhetsmorgon on TV4. I was told the show had ratings of around nine million viewers both in and outside Sweden,” he recalls. Messages soon followed from Batswana in the diaspora who had been watching the broadcast in real time congratulating him on social media. During the same visit he performed with a predominantly Swedish band that included renowned saxophonist Magnus Lindgren and Botswana’s own music legend John Blackie Selolwane.