Afro jazz artist Tumediso 'Shanti-Lo' Loeto will on Sunday leave for a European tour.
Shanti Lo will be accompanied by his manager Soares Katumbela and the widely travelled guitarist John Selolwane. According to their itinerary, Shanti-Lo will stage shows in Stockholm, Sweden. He is also expected to do recordings with Swedish artists.
Shanti Lo and Selolwane will conduct music workshops for a selected group of Swedish musicians and students.
Katumbela who is also a promoter, will facilitate a workshop about music promotion in Botswana. After the Swedish tour, Shanti Lo and his band will proceed to Ireland at the end of this month. In Ireland, they will perform with an opera singer Camilla Griehsel. The concert will take place in Scholl at a venue called The Groove on June 2.
Shanti Lo will collaborate with Griehsel backed by Selolwane and other Irish musicians. They are expected back in the country on June 6. This will not be Shanti Lo's first trip to Europe. He travelled to Sweden last year accompanied by Katumbela and Selolwane. During their tour last year, they performed with a number of Swedish artists. Some of the artists that they collaborated with include Anna Christoffersson, Magnus Lindgren and Robert Ikiz. The musical meetings were a success for all involved and the audience in Stockholm was highly impressed with their collaborative music. On their return, Katumbela rated their trip as successful. He said that they planned to start collaborating with Swedish on a number of projects.
Christoffersson and Ikiz reciprocated with a visit to Botswana at the end of last year. When they were in the country, they staged shows with Shanti Lo in Gaborone. They also facilitated at a music workshop. After making a positive impression on the local audiences, there has always been a feeling that Shanti Lo should explore the international market. In the past, Shanti Lo has performed in Swaziland and at the Grahamstown festival in South Africa.
Shanti Lo is one of the musicians who have made his mark in the country. He has recorded a number of albums.
When he is on the stage he is always a marvel to watch. Shanti Lo has also shared the stage with other esteemed acts like the South African songbird Zahara.
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