Singer and songwriter Luna Paige is celebrating the release of two new full-length albums, Dis die dors and Harmony, that will both be available from Friday, April 12.
Luna will performing at the BV Hall in Philadelphia, on the West Coast, on Wednesday April 17, at 8pm, with Mauritz Lotz on guitars, Schalk Joubert on bass and Kevin Gibson on drums.
She had decided earlier this year that she would like to release two full length albums, one in Afrikaans and one in English, and to make it all come together, the releases had to be ready on the same day.
Two singles, respectively from the two albums, are now available as warm-up for this week’s release: Dis die dors and Rather be alone than alone in love.
Dis die dors is Luna’s second Afrikaans solo album. She chose the single track Dis die dors as the title track for the album because she believes this song captures the essence of the album.
Harmony is Luna’s fifth English solo album. Harmony was chosen as the title track for the album because the song in turn captures the English album in its entirety. Harmony is based on the philosophies of Plato and Heroclitus, and plays with the theme of opposites: light, dark, good, bad, wholeness and brokenness.
Luna, who recently moved to Melkbosstrand from Stellenbosch, says about the motivation of releasing two albums: “After somewhat of a hiatus, I have accumulated quite a few songs – in my mother tongue Afrikaans and in English. After an introspective period during the pandemic, and a lot of unavoidable observations due to global events and the explosion of the digital era – I have found the songs vary between more intimate and introspective themes about man vs nature; but also more provocative themes addressing the dualistic nature of the self in relation to others. The Afrikaans album seems to lean towards the more introspective, whilst the English album has a bolder onslaught (thematically and musically) – which is quite exciting to me. As I am planning to travel abroad for the remainder of the year, I thought it fitting to leave my fans with enough material to chew on, until I come back with a travel bag full of new songs.”
Her music is an eclectic combination of influences from multiple genres such as folk, pop, blues, world music, ska/reggae, gypsy music and rock.
Tickets for the show in Philadelphia cost R200 through Quicket.
