TABIA

Aspiritual, soulful singer, a qualified web designer, journalist, entrepreneur,THEMBEKA KHUMALO also known as TABIA is well grounded lady from Soweto - Diepkloof. Tabia pursued her musical journey from the tender age of 14 years after she won singing competition(2008), being in well capable hands and mentor Liesl from a popular known group called Jamale paved a way of an adventurous musical journey. Tabia's musical style can be defined as spiritual,highly rich lyrical content,uplifting, energetic music which is well crafted delivered in the purest natural African voice. Tabia is a highly gifted singer and song writer with a well-balanced versatile style ranging from Afro Soul, RnB, House Muisc, give her any house beat she can freestyle. She became a professional backing vocalist for a South African legend Sipho Hotstix Mabuse in 2009 where she did her 1st professional show and through working with him she began to meet and work with other artists such as Maleh, Mafikizolo, Camagwini, Moneoa to mention just a few...In 2018 Tabia released her first offering called THE JOURNEY that contains soulful and intimate songs full of emotional and spiritual content. She has worked on her craft, writing, arranging her own music and sound for almost 2years while she was in a self-discovery journey, LOVE, LIFE and CHALLENGES that's what TABIA's music is about. Her brand revolves around the fact that talent alone is not enough.... Magical on stage, melodically driven this is how South African music should be, she is or represent what South African's been longing for so long...Through her musical journey she was so blessed to share a stage with lots of International acts such as ANTHONY HAMILTON, KEITH SWEAT, MONIQUE...In 2018 She then won a SOUMA AWARD (South African Up Coming Music Awards) for best Afro/Soul album, 2019 she got nominated for BEST AFRICAN ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM foe SAMA25...Got to Perform at bigger stages such as Macufe, Oldies festival, Standard bank Joy of Jazz, Jazz on the lake, Capetown Jazz Festival, Hazelmere Dam Jazz Festival
Late 2018 she was honored to work with BLACK-MOTION on a hit song called PRAYER FOR RAIN it became so big that it started attracting other greater producers and DJ's that she has songs with such as:Master KG, Mobi Dixon, Caiiro, Malumz On Decks, LeCroque (GREECE)Leo Guardo (NEW YORK)G-Washington, D-Malice(UK)Limpopo Rhythm, DJ Happy VJabzz, Dimitri, DJ Qness, DJ Lady T, Budda Sage, Saint Evo (Kenya), Natives (New York)Timmy Regisford (New York)She's looking forward to sharing her gift with the world, be exposed to the world wide music audience and bring back the long lost sound of Africa.