Songlines 2015: Wendy Oldfield & Paul Hanmer

Times have changed but the beauty of wholesome and heartfelt songwriting has not. Wendy Oldfield and Paul Hanmer have teamed up in a once-in-a-life-time collaboration, the Songlines Tour.

Beautifully fusing jazz, folk, pop and African rhythms to produce a unique and truly memorable sound. These consummate performers, with years of experience bring a heartwarming memory to the South African music landscape that stands as a celebration of the past, present, and future.

Paul’s skill on the keys and Wendy’s arrestingly edgy voice fuse together seamlessly. Listening to them and watching them perform together revive a sense of nostalgia for what was, but also a sense of moving forward, learning, adapting, and changing. There’s something for old fans and new: surprising, moving, and fresh.

Both are well known South African musicians, composers, songwriters and performers, Wendy an indie rock world songwriter and singer, and Paul a legendary jazz pianist and composer. Together they bridge a path between genres with their own original style and sound, exposing audiences to a new space of live music appreciation.

To extend the impact of their art, this seminal tour will include young up-and-coming musicians at each live event. In so doing Wendy and Paul will combine their signature jazz-indie sound with the youthful bright style of promising contemporary musicians along the tour in an effort to mentor and celebrate South Africa’s new generation of emerging legends.

This remarkable tour will weave its way into the hearts of audiences in Grahamstown, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.