Freshlyground

Freshlyground is a South African musical group consisted of seven talented members. Zolani Mahola (lead vocalist), Simon Attwell (flautist), Peter Cohen (drummer), Kyla- Rose Smith (violinist), Julio "Gugs" Sigauque (lead guitarist), Josh Hawks (bassist), and Seredeal "Shaggy" Scheepers (keyboardist). They met and united in the Cape Town Area. Although the band came together in the same place, they all originate from slightly different areas, vastly hailing from South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. The band’s unique and “feel good” music holds strong pride and fondness to South Africa.

Freshlyground’s genre of music is a great topic within itself. The group blends certain elements of traditional South African music with a more modern day twist and groove. The musical group falls under several categories of our basic separation of music genres, including blues, jazz, and indie rock. The band has released six studio albums along with several hits that are within them. Some of their their hit singles include, Fire Is Low, Doo Bee Doo, Pot Belly, and many more. Freshlyground’s most popular song is //Waka Waka// featuring the famous artist Shakira. The song was used as the theme song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Although the group is mostly known for their amazing musical work, they are also held in high esteems for their kindness towards fans and diversity within their group. Freshlyground creates fun, upbeat, and just plain happy music for everyone to listen to and enjoy. Recently in the year of 2015, the band has been planning on touring around Africa and Europe. In spite of all of the events happening around the world (such as ebola and madness across Gaza and Israel) Freshlyground made a incredibly touching post about where they stand as a band. The section reads  //“...// //In the face of all this we find ourselves wondering how we can do better to co-exist with our fellow man, to accept one another’s differences and to understand that we are not all the same but that it is our diversity that makes this earth. This planet, this life, such an interesting and wonderful thing. In the words of the wonderfully wise Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 'Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.'” // The band currently uses their words and music to inspire a new generation of believers and joy-seekers across the country of South Africa.