Mbaqanga music has deep roots in South Africa - this is Hot Water's acknowledgement of all the musicians that have been a part of developing this style!

Mbaqanga on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songoma/id947333234

Mbaqanga

South African Kwela style cross-over jive

Skollie on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songoma/id947333234

Skollie

Acoustic South African Ballad

Wo Africa on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/songoma/id947333234

Wo Africa

Very rough iPhone recording of a ballad I wrote and recorded on Sunday 17 Jan 2016 in Noordhoek, Cape Town, South Africa

Available for free download here!

My Disguise (Casual iPhone Recording @ home today)

Hot Water's Anthem for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa

Laduma on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/south/id423408898

Laduma

A South Africa Christmas song! 

Dance your way through Christmas with an authentic Summer Christmas sound straight from Cape Town, South Africa.

MAMA XMAS (single)

MAMA XMAS (Single)

Buy on iTunes

MAMA XMAS

1st single off Hot Water's 1st album "Home"

Upbeat South African cross-over dance song 

Bushfire on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/home/id194548426

Bushfire

I found this old banjo in a junk shop that turned out to be over 110 years old...

HTH (A Long Way from Home) on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/home/id194548426

What does HTH mean? See the lyrics near the end of the song


HTH (A Long Way From Home)

The Circle of Life (in the South African Jive style)

Siki Siki on iTunes:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/home/id194548426

Siki Siki

One Name on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one/id276382883

One Name

"Shushu" means "Hot" in the South African language of Xhosa

Shushu on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one/id276382883

Amanzi aShushu means Hot Water! 


Shushu

Hot Water's take on the old blues song In My Time of Dyin 

Well, Well, Well on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/one/id276382883

Well, Well, Well

Wamkelekile as featured in Warner Bros BLENDED (starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore)

Buy on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/south/id423408898

South

SOUTH

Wamkelekile

Lekker means "awesome" and Sakkie is a kind of South African dance

Lekker Sakkie on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/south/id423408898

Lekker Sakkie

African Rock n Roll

Tribal Man on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/south/id423408898

Tribal Man

When producing its Hollywood blockbuster film BLENDED, Warner Bros Entertainment needed a perfect song that would symbolise South Africa. The result was using Hot Water's infectious song WAMKELEKILE as the movie soundtrack.
 
In the words of BLENDED producer Kevin Grady: “I really wanted to find a song that embodied South Africa, the film’s story and the journey of the characters within the [love] story. Wamkelekile not only does that, but it’s also a fun, catchy and playful song that people just love.”

HOT WATER’S diverse range of music includes foot-tapping songs like Wamkelekile, energetic dance tunes and soulful ballads.

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