Free Soul - Free Spirit - The new album "Free Soul" now takes Mwale's music to the next level, continues the liberation begun with "Msimbi Wakuda", musically and humanly. The title "Free Soul" suggests this: "This is a very personal song," explains Mwale. It was all about cracking the shell, seeking freedom, being able to express your feelings in the most consistent way, and expressing and exchanging yourself through music. "Communication with people, from soul to soul," is how the singer formulates her claim. No more and no less. "I have nothing to hide", she calls herself a "free spirit", open, self-confident and confident. "I want the listeners to hear and see who I am", she says, spreads "positive vibes", declares dancing to be therapy to feel better and declares love to be the motor of life. "And if you don't love yourself, you can't love other people", is the simple message in the finale of "Free Soul", "Inner Spirit". Pure lust for life is expressed in Shake Your Bumbum (single release V?: 27.03.2020). Three guesses what is shaken here ... "That is part of our African culture", Mwale laughs. And that's what it's all about, wagging your bum without any offense. Free Soul - Free Voice If there is (also) talk of dance music here, then it moves quite naturally between tribal music, soul, jazz, and looks at the funk on the way. "Learn About Life" could also fit into the repertoire of a Kamasi Washington. The composer avoids a clich?. Nothing here sounds like any US-R&B. Instead, it's the singer's scat escapades that are always associated with jazz. The voice is Mwale's favourite instrument. "I love to play with my voice," she admits. "And I love to improvise." Richard Bona impressed her there with his loop artistry and encouraged her to discover different timbres for her interpretations. "And I love beatboxing and I can also rap", she may no longer impose any restrictions on herself in terms of the flexibility of her vocal performance. Suddenly, you discover passages quite unexpectedly, when Yvonne Mwale suddenly gives the classical diva and raises her voice to the highest heights. This was a lot of fun for her, because she also loves opera. It is only a matter of time until a journalist declares her the "Nina Hagen of Afropop"...
