The
Kenyan chanteuse known as Ms. Sunshine has released her new beautiful
single, “Mama Africa,” featuring Baidou. The song has been
released on the Sunny Music record label. The song is a gorgeous
modern pop composition showcasing the delicate, yet powerful voice of
Ms. Sunshine herself, as well as an enchanting, melodious
accompaniment with all the flavor traditional music of her home
country has come to be known for. Equally delightful as her other
recent and upcoming singles (“Red Umbrella,” “Let It Shine”),
“Mama Africa” is another example of how much splendid music there
is to come from this new, up-and-coming singer and songwriter.
Ms. Sunshine cites as main artistic
influences legends of the silver microphone, as well as some singers
to whom many music fans will not have been introduced: “Mariam
Makeba, Brenda Fasi, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Etta James,
Suzanne Owiyo from Kenya,” she writes.
A steady, warm thread of healing light,
life, and optimism flows from Ms. Sunshine in every part of her
music. From her lilting, easy-going vocal style right down to her
very name, Ms. Sunshine is a positive mark of yin in an adverse world
of harsh yang. Even her birth name follows this pattern of goodness.
Born Catherine Achieng’ Onyango, she writes candidly, “In my
local Dhuluo dialect, 'Achieng’' means 'a girl who is born when the
sun is shining.' It only became clearer that I could use 'Ms.
Sunshine' as my artist's name as it resonates well with my
personality and birth names / rights.”
Speaking of the themes espoused in
“Mama Africa,” Ms. Sunshine makes herself quite clear.
“Mama Africa is about women
empowerment,” she explains. “Empowering and giving strength
especially to 'third-world' women where their roles as women are
predefined, this song is to give power to all women to take charge of
their lives, families and households, for they are the foundation and
education of their children. Thus [we can be] building stronger
nations.”
“Mama Africa” by Ms. Sunshine and
featuring Baidou is available online everywhere beginning July 2013.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The single “Mama Africa”
is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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