The wonderful SA 🇿🇦 jazz writer GWEN ANSELL wrote about our album Wise&Waiting: sisgwenjazz.wordpress.com/2024/06/16/equ… Highlighting the amazing work of 🇿🇦 contingent yonelamnana amaeshi ikechi NOSIHE NoZaka Siphiwe Shiburi Album avail digital CD& vinyl! Martin Hummel @ECNmusic

Our album Wise&Waiting continues its life in the wide world , Thankyou to Jazz Journal for this review ! jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/04/equ… Namechecks for the awesome yonelamnana chris batchelor mark lockheart Raphael Clarkson 🇿🇦 amaeshi ikechi NOSIHE & more. Album avail bandcamp! Link in bio 🇿🇦

Back in May we had this awesome review from Nick Lea Jazz Views - our album Wise&Waiting is on CD, Vinyl&digital -we think it’s great, give it a listen !! Nick says “repeated listening is rewarded” -let us know your thoughts!! ACTSA-UK.bsky.social Martin Hummel jazzviews.net/equal-spirits-…

“What is so thrilling about the music presented by Equal Spirits is the way it touches on all our emotions from sadness to joy, thought provoking texts that both stimulate and fuel the mind and lift the spirit.” 🙏🏻Jazz Views !! yonelamnana amaeshi ikechi NOSIHE NoZaka

We LOVE that our music is travelling the world . Here we are popping up on Ottowa’s CKCU 93.1 FM for Manmohan Panesar’s show on 4/8/24 #thisislandearth - listen again: cod.ckcufm.com/programs/ondem… part of a wonderful show dedicated to late great Toumani Diabate . Check out this lineup!!🇿🇦

Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 🤍

Our global travels continue ! Dutch radio thanks to @RSiebons 🙌🙌🙌 Check out these excellent playlists showcasing music from the African diaspora and beyond: mixcloud.com/studioglobe/st… yonelamnana amaeshi ikechi NOSIHE NoZaka Martin Hummel Sonny Johns chris batchelor

My next show… 2nd anniversary no less!… this Sunday 6 October . Earlier than scheduled at 1pm. A black history month special featuring Ezra Collective Youthsayers Nubya Garcia Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 and many more on Surrey Hills Radio

Live today ! Featuring Ezra Collective Nubya Garcia Youthsayers Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 Black History Month Special hearing voices such as MLK and Benjamin Zephaniah and Mandela

I really enjoyed this conversation earlier today… It reminded me of Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 and Raphael Clarkson 🇿🇦 being our #WiseAndWaiting unifier and visionary. I give eternal thanks for all the references to dig further in to for personal reasons, #JazzSundayRequests and beyond… Makhosi

Looking forward to Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 at Watermill Jazz tomorrow evening! Expect South African spiritual jazz, ambient introspection and bursts of old-school hip-hop woven together with sung and spoken languages from Zulu to English. Tickets: watermilljazz/ticketsource

Really looking forward to this show *tomorrow* in Dorking with Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧 - feat. chris batchelor Phil Merriman Sophie Alloway Riaan Vosloo Xolani Mbatha ❤️🇿🇦

⁦Watermill Jazz⁩, Dorking Tuesday evening ⁦Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧⁩ were a delight. Xolani Mbatha - vocals & percussion, Raph Clarkson - vocals & trombone, Chris Batchelor - trumpet & flugelhorn, Phil Merriman - keyboards & synths, Riaan Vosloo - dbass, Sophie Alloway - drums.

Join me this Saturday morning, October 26th, at 6 AM (GMT+1) / 7 AM (GMT+2) for a captivating new episode on Soho Radio! I’ll be spinning two hours of exquisite jazz that promises to soothe your soul. Tune in live at Sohoradiolondon.com 📻

We’re excited to be featured on this show ! NOSIHE NoZaka amaeshi ikechi yonelamnana Phil Merriman chris batchelor mark lockheart Sonny Johns Martin Hummel 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Come and see us Nov 16th , 7pm Spicejazzsoho at Crazy Coqs music room, for EFG London Jazz Festival ! 7pm. Tix avail here: brasseriezedel.com/events/spice-j… This is a Clip from our album launch earlier this year Martin Hummel feat. Xolani Mbatha doing his thing on ‘wise & waiting’ 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Wise and Waiting — Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧

🎄✨ In the spirit of gifting — here’s a SA-UK jazz album I worked on. Equal Spirits 🇿🇦 + 🇬🇧’ “Wise & Waiting” ft Raphael Clarkson 🇿🇦, NOSIHE, amaeshi ikechi, yonelamnana, Siphiwe Shiburi, myself as NoZaka (on poetry) & 25+ other musicians: music.apple.com/za/album/wise-… Cover art by The Mahdi🌻

⭐SPOTLIGHT⭐ Last year, we worked with LMSlincsmusic tutors from across the county as part of #TogetherThroughMusicLiveCPD! Music Leader Raph Clarkson led a creative exploration of resources in preparation for a series of projects taking place in SEND settings this year👏