New York-based Jann Klose heads to South Africa in September for his third tour to the country he grew up in, and announces exclusive shows for fans. Klose returns to SA for the BMI Song Camp from 4 to 8 September in the lead up to this year’s Music Exchange (MEX17) in District 6.
BMI Song Camp
Attracting some of the world’s top writing talent, Grammy nominated Jann Klose joins an esteemed group of writers at this year’s BMI Song Camp, which includes Christian Wright from Abbey Road Studios, NY based singer-songwriter for Armada Record and Lifted Sony, Alicia Madison, and Columbian songwriter, Marcela Arciniegas.
Brandon Bakshi, Executive Director, Writer and Publisher Relations at BMI, will return to Cape Town this September to foster creativity among the four key international songwriters with hopes of writing a string of future hits. Although the BMI Song Camp is a closed, by-invitation-only event, MEX17 delegates will get full access to each of the songwriters, producers and industry heavyweights over the two days of this 120-delegates-only conference. For MEX17 booking details, and more information, visit Music Exchange.
Listen to the most recent release from Jann Klose, Don’t Give Up with Annie Haslam, a cover of the popular Peter Gabriel single featuring Kate Bush: http://bit.ly/2xs4Pat
Hear Klose live
Sep 9, Saturday, Sep 10, Sunday: MEX17 – Music Exchange, Cape Town
Sep 12, Tuesday: 4th Annual Cape Town Int’l Sport and Peace Conference
Sep 16, Saturday: Bill Knight’s Cottage Club, Fish Hoek
Sep 28, Thursday: Railways Café, Pretoria
Sep 30, Saturday: Rumours Rock City, Johannesburg
Collabs on new solo album
Klose spent time in SA earlier this year working on a new solo album in partnership with The Academy of Sound Engineering, in addition to lending his time to Desmond Tutu’s TutuDesk foundation. The album features several SA star artists including producer RJ Benjamin, Karen Zoid, Tamara Dey, Ziyon, Tlale Makhene and more, and is due for release in 2018.
Klose is excited for the album release: “Returning to SA to make an album in the country I grew up in with so many amazing South African artists is a dream come true!”
Klose has also initiated a Pledge Music campaign for his forthcoming solo album – watch the video for a live performance of his song Never Fall: https://www.facebook.com/jann.klose/videos/1305191242892095/
Klose is no stranger to collabs and has collaborated with Renaissance and tours regularly in the U.S., Europe, Africa and Asia. He has opened for Pat Benatar, John Oates of ‘Hall and Oates’, Suzanne Vega, Paula Cole, Annie Haslam, Brett Dennen, Vonda Shepard, Willy Porter, Rosanne Cash, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, The Yardbirds’ Jim McCarty, Elliott Murphy, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.
Jann Klose’s live show and music has received rave reviews from some of the industry’s biggest media and he has garnered a reputation of being one of the great singer-songwriters to see live.
“Klose wins over the listener with his soaring voice, which may well be a staple of chamber pop for a long time to come.” – Washington Post, Alexander F. Remington
“Klose has a fabulous wide-ranging voice with an individual style” – Mojo, Mike Barnes
“DOING TIME features a modal melodic passage on accordion. Snatches of European folk-dance provide touches of melancholia. Measures that recall Hungarian composer Bela Bartok subtly appear. The lyrics are pleasant, but what creates the mood is the sense of emotional history that Klose owns up to.” – Lisa Torem, Chicago-based Music Journalist
Who: Jann Klose
Info: jannklose.com
Social media: https://www.facebook.com/jann.klose/, www.twitter.com/jannkloseband
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/artist/jann-klose/id4327984
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