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Music Life: 'I don't like rules' with Moelogo, Pongo, Silvastone, and Viva Msimang

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'I don't like rules' with Moelogo and Silvastone

16/05/2020 GMT

'I don't like rules' with Moelogo, Pongo, Silvastone, and Viva Msimang

BBC World Service - Music Life, 'I don't like rules' with Moelogo, Pongo, Silvastone, and Viva Msimang

Do record labels help or hinder the creative process?

Nigerian-born Moelogo chats to Pongo, Silvastone, and Viva Msimang about how to stand out in today’s music scene, and whether record labels help or hinder the creative process.

This week on Music Life, Nigerian born artist Moelogo welcomes Pongo, Silvastone, and Viva Msimang (Penya).
 
We are very lucky to be joined by; Pongo, a vocalist and songwriter based in Portugal, born in Angola. She has renewed the Kuduro music by mixing her African roots with EDM, Bass, Dancehall, and Pop and her videos have been watched over 11 million times online. Silvastone is an genre-defying artist, producer and songwriter, raised in Freetown in Sierra Leone, and born to Ghanaian and Sierra Leonean parents. He describes his music as “a creative hybrid of African Beats and UK Street Sounds marinated in Global Melodies”. He’s worked with everybody from Popcaan and Davido to Damian Marley and Rita Ora. And finally, Viva Msimang who is a trombonist and singer of Chilean and South African heritage from the band Penya. She’s also worked with the likes of former Music Life host Sarthy Korwar, the Mercury-nominated Go Team, and Tanzanian musician Msafiri Zawose. And host Moelogo is an Afrobeat, R&B, and Hip Hop singer and songwriter who has collaborated with the likes of Giggs, Mostack, Tiggs Da Author, Mr Eazi, Adekunle Gold, Da Beatfreakz, Wretch 32, and Jonas Blue.

Together, they’ll be discussing how to stand out in today’s music scene, whether record labels help or hinder the creative process, and how their music connects with audiences.

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