Africa-Press – Eswatini. ESWATINI’S golden boy and award-winning artist Sands has joined Resolution. Resolution is a global music project with musicians, activists and communities from every country in the world taking part. These artists sing the Resolution song in their own languages, reflecting their own musical styles and culture.
This was announced by Kingdom Tales Director Melusi ‘Zox’ Dlamini yesterday. “Kingdom Tales was approached by Abbey Wright, early this month. Abbey is the director of Resolution – A global music and climate action project, in association with Decca Records (Universal Music) and WWF International.
“The project sees people from all over the world sing the same song in different languages and musical styles and features groups such as the Soweto Gospel Choir, Mongolian Nomad Farmers, Georgia National Opera Soloists Chorus and global megastars like Annie Lennox,” said Dlamini.
He added that this was a milestone for Sands brand and his participation would surely pave a way for bigger things this year and open more doors for local musicians in the international space. “The song is a call to act now and protect our planet and was performed at the United Nations and will do so again this year.
So far, 165 countries have participated in it. It is a global display of unity and the will to act now to protect our planet,” he said.
Confirming the news was Resolution Director Abbey Wright. “We are thrilled and delighted that Sands is joining Resolution to play a crucial role in representing Eswatini. Not only is Sands a visionary artist, but a leading environmentalist and passionate advocate of the cause. We are so excited that Sands wishes to lend his mighty voice to this global cause, standing with people all over the world in calling for action now to protect our planet,” said Wright.
Resolution, according to Wright, is a global expression of unity and the will to act now and act together to protect the planet. For Earth Day (April 22) the group will release a compilation of the Resolution song performed by artists, charities, activists across the world. Wider The list goes on and on.
From the wider world, these include; Meas Soksophea from Cambodia, Alexandra Bounxouei from Laos, The Sreepur Village from Bangladesh, The Najd Choir from Saudi Arabia, Karait Pimberdiev from Kyrgyztan, The Beijing Queer Chorus, The Georgian State Opera Soloists Chorus, Raaga Trippin from India, Naseer Shamma from Iraq. Resolution is supported by Annie Lennox, KT Tunstall, Keira Knightley, Emma Thompson, Mark Rylance, Bill Bailey, Naomie Harris, Felicity Jones.
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