Claire Johnston

Claire Johnston (b. 16 December 1967) ndi woimba wa Anglo-South Africa komanso wolemba nyimbo. Iye ndi mtsogoleri wotsogolera wa South African fusion band Mango Groove.

Johnston wakhala ku South England , ndipo amakhala ku South Africa kuyambira zaka zitatu. Anagwirizana ndi Mango Groove ali ndi zaka 17, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo adajambula ma studio asanu ndi limodzi ndi gululo, anakhudzidwa kwambiri, ndipo anamasulidwa ma albamu awiri. Iye adziwika ngati chizindikiro cha Nation Rainbow , vision ya Desmond Tutu ya chikhalidwe chosiyanasiyana cha South Africa mu nthawi yotsutsana ndi chigawenga .

Pakati pa zoimba zake amalemba Ella Fitzgerald ndi Debbie Harry , komanso Louis Armstrong ndi okhulupirira m'zaka za m'ma 1900.

Kwa kanthawi iye anakwatiwa ndi mtsogoleri wa Mango Groove John Leyden. Amakhala ku Johannesburg , South Africa.

Moyo wakuubwana

Johnston anabadwira ku Bishops Stortford , tauni yomwe ili ku Southern England m'chigawo cha Hertfordshire . Banja lake linasamukira ku South Africa ali ndi zaka zitatu. Ali ndi zaka khumi, adayamba kukhala woyimba, wothamanga, ndi woimba mu filimu ya Johannesburg ya nyimbo ya Annie. Ali ndi zaka 17, pa chaka chomaliza ku Greenside High School , adalowa mu Mango Groove. Ngakhale kuti anali ndi udindo kwa gululi, anamaliza digiri ya Chingelezi, Philosophy, ndi Politics ku yunivesite ya Witwatersrand mu 1988.