“What am I to build, if my hands are broken, if I’m not the chosen one?” sings Steven McKellar of Civil Twilight on “Story of An Immigrant”, over a lush, dynamic beat that evokes the sounds of his native South Africa while steeped in the band’s everevolving present. The foursome (Steven, his brother and guitarist Andrew, drummer Richard Wouters and Kevin Dailey on keys and guitar) are living proof of what happens when you stop worrying about being the chosen one and make music built on both the roots that grew you and the love that keeps you thriving every day. Civil Twilight’s songs embrace every corner of human emotion, balancing delicate, poetic lyrics with sweeping arrangements that touch all the senses: a phrase to make you think; a rolling drumbeat you can feel in your bones; a guitar vamp as illustrative as a picture; a shimmer of keys whose light can nearly be seen and heard. Produced by Ben H. Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Bombay Bicycle Club, Cut Copy), their third record on Wind-Up is built on this vibrancy, on the permanent dust of a Cape Town youth; on the connection that unites them all as brothers beyond blood and on their new home in America where they pull from the innate, thriving musicianship of Nashville, where they live. When you listen to Civil Twilight, from their self-titled debut, to 2012’s widely lauded Holy Weather to now, it’s easy to understand why the band has topped five million YouTube views and reached historic success with film and television syncs – because it’s music you can’t shake, that translates experience into moments and creates melodies that become imbedded deep under the skin. We’re all immigrants, in some way, and Civil Twilight’s singing our national anthem.

Bethel Music is a Worship Ministry based out of Bethel Church in Redding, California.

Bottomless Coffee Band is a multi-instrumentalists Folk-Rock duo from Cape Town, South Africa
Debut Album "Room with a View" released November 2014

Lourens and Esté Rabé started the BCB in August 2010 whilst still two young students dreaming of life in the music industry. Today, we are partners in music & also in marriage.

Our style is a combination of acoustic folk rock and afro-blues - we call it gourmet music. It describes our vision for our music: to produce an organic sound that’s true to us. We believe being part of the music industry is a calling - it’s like a gift from above, given to pursue and to inspire. Therefore we use our music wherever we are to inspire good times, hope, love and change.

We currently play eight instruments between the two and continue to add more - this provides a unique sound and visual setup & helps to create the sound of a full band. Instruments include: foot drums, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, acoustic bass, accordion, ukulele, harmonica and various percussion instruments.

Lourens Rabé - Guitar, Drums, Harmonica, Bass, Banjo, Vocals.
Esté Rabé - Percussion, Ukulele, Accordion, Bass, Vocals,

Bon Iver is an art project based in Wisconsin.

LA based singer/songwriter from South Africa. 🇿🇦
Say You Will Remember Me EP - Out Now! 🎞 ↴
https://ffm.to/sywrm_ep

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