Kenyan vocalist and guitarist Suzzana Owiyo has been added to the line-up for the upcoming 46664 concert, to be held in London's Hyde Park on 27th June 2008.
Suzzana is one of her country's most popular singers and has been called the "Tracy Chapman of Kenya" owing to her acoustic style and powerful, earthy vocals. She achieved national stardom in Kenya in 2001 with her monster-hit "Kisumu 100" and the release of her debut album "Mama Africa" a year later.
The 46664 events are a series of charity concerts organised by the Nelson Mandela Foundation in response to the Global HIV AIDS epidemic. The name 46664 is taken from Mandela's prison number during his incarceration on Robben Island between 1964 and 1990. This year's event also coincides with Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations.
Suzzana is the second ARC Music artist announced to be performing at the concert, following the news that Barry Van Zyl will be performing with the Johnny Clegg Band. Other African artists who will be performing include Sipho Mabuse, The Soweto Gospel Choir, Papa Wemba and Emmanuel Jal. They will be joined by international megastars including Annie Lennox, Queen + Paul Rogers, Amy Winehouse, Dame Shirley Bassey, Eminem, Leona Lewis and many others. The concert is being hosted by actor Will Smith.
Suzzana's debut album is the ARC Music release "Mama Africa" [EUCD1875] and she is also featured on "Spotlight on Kenyan Music" [EUCD2030].
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