Ubuntu Water into Wine Sage Francis cover

Ubuntu (Water into Wine) and Sick to D(eat)h

I was late getting round to listening to Sage Francis’s last mixtape Sick to D(eat)h released the end of last year, but given the new album is around the corner I thought I should. And I was struck by the song Ubuntu (Water into Wine) because not only does it contain zulu/bantu (ubuntu means “humanity towards others’ or ‘humanness’, it’s not just an OS 😉 it’s actually benefiting a South African children with AIDS charity. Good song and a good cause – and the pictures of him larking around with the kids shows that ‘Big Show’ is actually a big softie 😉

The rest of the mixtape is pretty good – two Epic Beard Men tracks, and I love ‘Years’ (demo) – better than the album version I think, the acoustic Baby Stays (Live on BBC), High Step Demo and Dark Arts are great, and Origin To Descent and Blue bode well for the new album, being new cuts or outtakes from Copper Gone.

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