Umculo recently released “Fall from Grace” - the title track from his forthcoming EP - across all digital platforms.
Umculo lived in Nashville, USA for a couple of months and the sound of “Fall from Grace” draws on the major folk influences that the ‘music city’ has to offer.
Umculo claims that “folk has always had a significant meaning” in his life and that he “feels compelled to pay tribute to this through ‘Fall from Grace’ by drawing influence from artists such as The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons.”
Fewer pandemics and more music festivals.
How good the music is, and connecting people?
I’m too old and decrepit to perform. A studio at the coast is the destination.
Superficial connections; let’s grab a beer and get stuck in.
Music, to me, is a vessel to help understand and connect with one another.
Locally, Bongeziwe Mabandla. Internationally, Hozier.
Down an existential rabbit hole, and to Cav’s house with a bottle of whiskey.
The fact that it’s social, which, ironically, is also the hardest aspect of my work.
“Answer”.
Getting called out, in Spain, for having a stage name that translates to ‘one a**hole’ in Spanish.
My mum, Dave Grohl and Hugh Masekela.
Masego ‘Maps’ Maponyane.
My mother, Di Haiden, because I’ve seen her tirelessly work her way to the top of her company and become an incredibly powerful figure in her industry. She has an inspiring amount of drive and if I were to inherit just a fraction of that, I know I will be successful.
The guitar that I picked up in a second-hand store while living in Nashville.
Double Jameson on the rocks if I’m treating the mates. Castle Lite draft on a normal night.
Locally, the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town. Internationally, the Ryman Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.
Stevo. Stevovo. Vovs. Stevovolish.
Guided hikes/trail runs around South Africa.
Bradley Cooper. Apparently, I look like the dude, he can sing and I would like to hear him try a South African accent.
Energetic, entertaining, emotional, compassionate, liberal.
aKING - Against All Odds
Beatenberg - Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg
Fuzigish - Exploited and Distorted
Adelle Nqeto - Lights
Hog Hoggidy Hog - Oink!
Nava Apparel - Xhosa-print vellies.
“Qhumsa” - any object that isn’t frequently used and probably doesn’t have an actual name (usually something that gets inserted into something else) - last used to describe the plastic plug that goes into coffee lids to prevent spilling.
Playing at La Nit de Berklee in Valencia, Spain.
Being cold.
Imposter syndrome. If you know, you know.
Playing one-bounce with my mates and a cold beer in my hand.
At Splashy Fen.
Yip. Past - music workshops for underprivileged communities. Present - music-based fundraisers for One Small Act of Kindness in Johannesburg.
For society to understand each other a bit better.
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