Songs My Aunties Taught Me | Heru Pinkasova & Dr Rhythm
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Songs My Aunties Taught Me | Heru Pinkasova & Dr Rhythm

Wow wow wow. I feel like my eardrums have just been given a delightful, melodic pounding. Songs My Aunties Taught Me is part opera, part beatboxing, part comedy, and one hundred percent remarkable. This first collaboration between songstress Heru Pinkasova and the beatboxing, drumming Dr Rhythm is a melodious fusion of two very different art forms, which tells the stories of influential women in Heru’s life; both her mother and aunties, and the great women of colour who sang before her.

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Songs My Aunties Taught Me | Heru Pinkasova & Dr Rhythm
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Songs My Aunties Taught Me | Heru Pinkasova & Dr Rhythm

The interactions between Aunty Heru and Jonny Drama brings out a humorous side to the show and the chemistry between them is endearing as it feels like they have both known each other for a long time and that they have toured lengthy with this show despite it being their first. As talented as Heru is with her voice, Jonny’s beatboxing skills are similarly impressive.

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