{"id":71309,"date":"2018-11-06T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=71309"},"modified":"2018-11-06T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:49:39","slug":"faith-mussas-scandinavian-tour-a-success-ujeni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/11\/06\/faith-mussas-scandinavian-tour-a-success-ujeni\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith Mussa\u2019s Scandinavian tour a success \u2013 Ujeni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Sam Banda Jnr: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71313\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/faith-mussa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71313\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/faith-mussa-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/faith-mussa-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/faith-mussa.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">THRIVING \u2013 Faith performs at Bergen International Music<br \/>Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ujeni Records has described Faith Mussa\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/scandinavian-tour-beckons-faith-mussa\/\">Scandinavian<\/a> tour as a triumph with the tour halfway done.<\/p>\n<p>Ujeni Records Label Manager, Karstein Gr\u00f8nnesby, said Monday Faith has put Malawi in the limelight since he started his performances.<\/p>\n<p>His first performance was in Denmark before going to Norway, where he has already held shows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/faith-mussa-to-feature-in-benjamin-dubes-album\/\">Faith<\/a> is now gearing to perform at Hilmarfestivalen, one of Norway\u2019s best-known folk music festivals, alongside artists like Bj\u00f8rn Eidsv\u00e5g.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSo far, the Scandinavian tour has been a major success, with packed venues and eager audiences. I never doubted that the tour would go well, but I am amazed by how well the different audiences have responded,\u201d<\/em> Gr\u00f8nnesby said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After his participation at the International Anti- Corruption Conference (IACC) in Denmark, Gr\u00f8nnesby said Faith travelled to Norway by boat for Bergen International Music Festival.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Faith was reviewed by renowned music critic Einar Engelstad, who rated Mussa\u2019s concert 5\/6 and stated: <em>\u201cHe played everything from soul ballads to catchy highlife; music that would have worked well in both rock clubs in the city and at culture centres in the villages\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere he talked about his music, his music career and challenges regarding corruption and freedom of speech,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The singer and guitarist, who return home on November 14, will have two performances at Hilmarfestivalen on November 8 and November 10.<\/p>\n<p>In between these performances, he will travel to Oslo to present the Takula project, together with senior radio producer Sigbj\u00f8rn Nedland and musician and producer Georg Buljo, at this year\u2019s Folkelarm, the leading folk and world music industry convention in Scandinavia.<\/p>\n<p>He said their seminar is title \u2018Malawi Music &#8211; Inspiring a Musical Renaissance?\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI have seen how people here have embraced Malawian music and how excited people are seeing how I use my music as an instrument for social change. My music has made significant strides because it represents my Malawian heritage, and not some dull reproduction,\u201d<\/em> Faith said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sam Banda Jnr: Ujeni Records has described Faith Mussa\u2019s Scandinavian tour as a triumph with the tour halfway done. Ujeni Records Label Manager, Karstein Gr\u00f8nnesby, said Monday Faith has put Malawi in the limelight since he started his performances. His first performance was in Denmark before going to Norway, where he has already held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71314,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71309\/revisions\/71314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}