Jabu Hlongwane

Jabu Hlongwane, renowned gospel singer, pastor, and co-founder of Joyous Celebration. Quotes It is not healthy for someone to think they are the tapestry and the soundtrack of people’s lives.”“I love to be ordinary. I love to be me.” I love to be ordinary. I love to be me. I started sleeping in a bed when I was around 12. Even if the tide has tears and confusion, ride it. It is going to go down back into the sea. One of the biggest lessons I have learned in life, is you learn nothing from success. Upside of failure: ‘You learn nothing from success’ - June 07 2024 God has really been good. We started being noticed after the eighth year. We kept pushing with passion and now we look back with humility. They will get the heartbeat of who we are. We give every performance 100% and leave everything on stage. You know sometimes we don’t even talk on our flight or drive back from performances because we leave all energy on stage. A Feast of Joyful Sounds, September 15 2015 We are celebrating 20 years of God carrying us through ups and downs. We are standing here 20 years later and it is not because of what we can do, but what God can do through us. We decided to come to Mpumalanga to show people our appreciation for the support they gave us. Imagine yourself as a spoon on a dining table, when a person uses a knife and fork to eat, the spoon appears to be useless but it is not. The moment the chef brings soup to the table, you can only use a spoon to eat soup. Find something to do while waiting and your turn to shine will come. Remember everyone is important and we all have a role to play in life. Prepare for a joyous celebration of gospel, June 30 2016 Most of my albums have been recorded in studio, but I wanted to change that and do live DVD recordings, which is when Crosspower was born. There is something beautiful about performing in front of an audience and engaging with them. I managed to get together the most amazing team of musicians who thoroughly enjoy making music. The music I wrote for this project is very special to me because it reflects the time and space I am in right now - a space where I create the music that I want to hear. I am not confined by what people might expect from a gospel music album. It’s young, contemporary and varied. The musicians managed to interpret my worship in the songs and I can only hope that anyone who listens to the music feels the worship experience like we all did during the recording. There was no specific message or theme that I was going for with this album, I am very creative and I am always writing songs, I let the creative process flow because that is the most important. I also write what God has put in my spirit, I let it all pour out and it is completely up to Him. You know an album is like a buffet, there many options to choose from. Some people need comfort and that’s what they get, some people want to dance in the presence of God and they do that so there are different aspects and sometimes two different people can take away two different things from just one song. This song carries the heartbeat of Crosspower Experience 3. Writing the song came from the awareness of how much we need God as people as well as how much He loves us, despite our frailties and shortcomings. The chorus says ‘Ngangingafanele’ which simply means: ‘I did not deserve it. I get bored very easily, so it is important for me to change things. I don’t want people to look at the surroundings and be able to see that this is a gospel production, so I wanted an alternative. It is also very intimate with the audience seated around my band and myself, as opposed to sitting in front of me. Whatever God wants this album to do, let His will be done. If it is to touch someone, heal someone or change someone’s life, then so be it. All I can hope is that He uses the music. The album will be coming out around April and people are going to enjoy it. We have 10 new singers so it’s exciting times for us. Intimate ‘Crossover’ for gospel’s Hlongwane, January 31 2018 Category:Living people Category:People from South Africa Category:Gospel singers