So,
I discovered from watchingthis movie about cooking, i think it was Julie and Julia or someyhing that blogging is not like tweetig, or updating your facebookstatus! OMG imagine the shock! Blogging is meant to be an interactive informative way of sharing thoughts, intrests and absolutelty anything with whoever is outhere that is intrested and keen on finding out about ones Blog posts! (still doesnt make sense)

But since then, ive decided to do away with oneliners(hence the above paragraph)

So while i do some soul searching about the type of things i'll blogg about from here on, wont you take a look at this video, a live performance from COP17 1st Dec(in the hope that it will upload...

First Single "Sow Your Seed" from the album Gospel Meets Jazz live in Durban, Nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz album MetroFM Music Awards 2011 to vote sms Jazz Swazi Dlamini to 34764

Photo taken by Rajesh at the 2011 CGMA

From the "Gospel meets Jazz Live in Durban DVD

Receiving the SABC Crown Award for Best Jazz Album 06 November 2011

SABC Crown Gospel Awards 2011

Swazi Dlamini's latest album Gospel Meets Jazz live in Durban walks away with Best Jazz Album at this years Crown Gospel Music Awards.

The album has also made it into the top 3 nominated albums for Metro FM Awards which will take place in Mpumalanga on the 26 of November. to Vote SMS Jazz Swazi Dlamini to 34764.

To orderthe album on line www.cdbaby.com/swazidlamini

Thank you Metro FM for the nomination... Now let us start voting...

sms Jazz Swazi Dlamini to 34764 MetroFM awards!

Up Coming Songs and Psalms Worship Experience Tour 15 OCT Cape Town Endlovini Community Hall NewCrossroads, 21 OCT Wits Theatre JHB R120 Computicket

THE INTIMATE JAZZ EXPERIENCE WITH SWAZI & TSHEPO MNGOMA

Tshepo and Swazi Mngoma

The multi award winning couple will set Bassline on fire with their music as they take to the stage with collaborations from their award winning albums respectively.  Tshepo Mngoma has just finished a run of Dream girls SA at Monte Casino as Music Director and will now take to the stage with wife and business partner Swazi Dlamini who has just release an album Gospel Meets Jazz, though this evening will comprise of mainly music from their previous albums, Swazi will sample some of her new music as will Tshepo whose follow up album is due out September 2011.

Expected on the night will be songs from Swazi Dlamini’s Multi award winning debut album My first love, songs like Yekelukuganga, Shangaan , Ungubani to name just a few, and songs from her SAMA and Metro nominated Sophomore Album Dance with me, songs like Aint no sunshine, I am an African and Dance with me to name just a few. Swazi and Tshepo will collaborate on Songs like you are my friend, uBuhle Bakho form Tshepo’s award winning debut album People and Places.

The evening will be designed for jazz and soul music lovers and the couple never disappoints their audiences, no matter the genre.

A sizzling performance not to be missed.

DATE: 1st July 2011

TIME: 8pm.

COST: R120 per person at Computicket

VENUE: Bassline Newtown Precinct Johannesburg

Tel: 0110251479

Email: swazitainment@yahoo.com

Website: www.swazidlamini.blogspot.com

Venue: Bassline

Adress: 10 Henry Nxumalo Street, Johannesburg

Swazi Dlamini was on Morning Live

Swazi Dlamini & Tshepo Mngoma

Swazi Dlamini would like to thank the team at SABC, Morning Live for such a great experience yesterday morning... and thank you for the love to all those that managed to watch... What you saw yesterday morning is what you will get to see tonight in Pretoria. If you haven't gone to buy your tickets I suggest you do... You don't want to miss this event. Also stand a chance to win yourself the latest of my material...

Tune in to Jozi FM this morning at 11h00, Swazi Dlamini will be doing an interview ... Don't Miss It...

Catch Swazi Dlamini on Kaya FM TODAY!!!

Swazi Dlamini

Catch me on Kaya FM today will be chilling with Georgie from 10h00 - 14h00... Get to hear my new single - it will rock your world and it is available on line... Don't forget to get your ticket for the 15th of April and win yourself my latest CD.

See you later...

Swazi Dlamini Ministering

Swazi Dlamini Ministering before the word is delivered by BishopKenneth Ulmer at New Covenant Fellowship.

Swazi Dlamini Live - "Gospel Meets Jazz" CD/DVD - Press Release

Swazi Dlamini Live

Release date: end March 2011

MULTI Award winning female artist Swazi Dlamini’s Third Album has finally arrived! The artist has been busy finalising the long awaited GOSPEL MEETS JAZZ album together with her husband, Violinist, Producer and Dreamgirls musical director - Tshepo Mngoma.

AFTER a successful series of shows in hometown Durban and a national tour of South Africa including Gauteng, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, Swazi promises her growing legion of fans of GOSPEL MEETS JAZZ an interesting expression of spiritual and inspirational music, an album like no other.

“GOSPEL AND JAZZ are soothing and inspiring genres and as an artist with a love for both it is only natural that I would fuse the styles to create my own sound,” says Swazi. Her love for music including both Jazz and Gospel in her background, Swazi has come up with a balanced album that reflects who she is and what she is about.  

INTRODUCING her third album, Swazi has made an appearance on one of SA’s biggest TV Gospel shows GOSPEL TIME. She performed two songs -  ‘’Mkhothameleni and Psalm 23’’ which wowed her fans.  This led to many enquiries re the release date. At a listening session  held at the Wits Amphitheatre  on the 5^th of March 2011, the  feedback during her one on one Q&A session with those in attendance it became evident that the album will be well received by Jazz and Gospel lovers alike.

SWAZI’S new album introduces a different sound, essence and feel to the Gospel and  Jazz genre. The marriage of brilliant vocals with Tshepo Mngoma’s string arrangements gives testimony to their love for music and each other. This album is worth the 5 year wait as Swazi’s last offering was in 2006.

SHE releases Swazi Dlamini LIVE in Durban “Gospel Meets Jazz” at the end of March 2011 under the Shammah Records label which she co-owns with award winning husband Tshepo Mngoma. Tshepo won the SAMA award as Best Newcomer 2010 for his album People and Places.

ALSO signed to this label is 2010 Crown Gospel Award winning Sifaniso (Best Jazz Album).  He features on a salsa song called Yekubuhle on Swazi’s forthcoming album. Also included are Crown Gospel award nominees Songs and Psalms - a gospel group made up of various singers from Durban.

“THIS album represents my heart and soul, my purpose for being, my passions, love and victories, I trust those who love my music will love it just as much as I do, to God be the Glory”

Please contact us for a radio single sample:

Swazitainment Productions

Swazitainment@yahoo.com

011 025 1479

Swazi Dlamini Cooking with Siba (Drum Magazine)

Swazi’s butternut soup  

Swazi’s family favourite is her butternut soup and she loves it with lots of butter and cream to make it rich and smooth. 

Siba’s twist: “Swazi’s favourite soup can be made healthier without losing any of its creaminess. I used olive oil instead of butter and yoghurt instead of cream as there are healthier options. Now she can indulge with zero guilt!”

Preparation time: 15 min

Cooking time: 20 min

Serves: 4-6

You will need

500 g butternut, peeled and seeds removed

45 ml (3 tbsp) olive oil

3 spring onions, finely chopped

1 clove garlic, crushed

750 ml (3 cups) chicken stock

80 ml (⅓ cup) plain yoghurt

Salt and pepper, to taste

Swazi Dlamini In The Music Industry - Wow!!!

Swazi Dlamini and her Kora and SAMA Awards

A young female artist and former Joyous member, who is also a business woman in the music industry with Swazitainment Productions and Shammah Records as 2 of her co-owned companies with husband and fellow musician, Tshepo Mngoma.  Her debut album , “My First Love” released 2003 with Sony Music, won her much acclaim as one of the most celebrated young artists in South Africa and internationally alike. This album saw her being awarded, SAMA 2004 Best Female artist, and KORA 2004 most promising African Female artist for that year. The album displayed Swazi Dlamini’s versatility as a singer and her ability to experiment with new sounds and languages. Produced by award winning international icon Jimmy Dludlu it is no wonder that this first offering from this great singer, did so well. This album was dedicated to her other first love either than music her son Thandolwami, born in the same year.  2006 saw her releasing a power packed sophomore album simply entitled “Dance with Me”, the album though confused to be an RnB offering because of the title track with has a strong RnB “stepping” feel, is actually yet another showcase Swazi Dlamini’s use f her voice in jazz, gospel, blues and African styles of music. She features another vocal Powerhouse who is well known in the jazz fraternity, who she worked with in her days of being a backing singer, Gloria Bosman. One can feel the energy they share in “Sing a happy song” to be electrifying and just amazing. The song that makes this album popular and much loved by all South Africans is her rendition of the African Renaissance speech by then president Thabo Mbeki “I am an African”, this song speaks about the pride she has in being an African woman and gets everyone feeling very proud to be an African.

Swazi Dlamini - I am an African

The jazz artist, who refined her singing skills in Joyous Celebration, worked in Johannesburg before moving to Durban and back to Johannesburg. At present she is a businesswoman who, besides singing, also runs Swazitainment, a music label and an events management company. “The company has signed on Songs and Psalms, which is a collaboration between Swazitainment and Shammah Records,” Dlamini says.

Swazi Dlamini

SWAZI DLAMINI Swazi Dlamini – when one is sitting in an audience listening to the sounds of this young female performer, just one word can best describe the experience, “PHENOMINAL’!

Having presented albums- Dance with me & My first love- that are musically rich and laden with experience from all walks of life, that not only saw her bridging the gap with different generations but also putting her on the map as a South African singer and placing her neck to neck with other female singers some of which she has worked with as a back up singer.