PJ Morton announces a 3-day, 3 city South African tour off the back off the release of his Cape Town to Cairo album
Multi-Grammy-Award-Winning musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and keyboardist in Maroon 5, PJ Morton, announces the Africa leg of his Cape Town To Cairo Tour which will see him live in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya. With three back-to-back dates in South Africa across three cities, PJ Morton’s return to the country follows his sold out concerts last October whilst he was recording his album now known as Cape Town To Cairo. Stream or download here: https://music.empi.re/capetowntocairo
Tickets will be going live soon and can be purchased here: https://pjmortonmusic.com/#shows
· Cape Town – 6 September 2024
· Durban – 7 September 2024
· Johannesburg – 8 September 2024
PJ Morton - From Cape Town to Cairo (Official Album Lyrics)
With the release of an album unlike anything he has ever done before, PJ Morton takes listeners on a trip from Cape Town to Cairo. Out now via Morton Records/EMPIRE, the unprecedented project is to Morton what Graceland was to Paul Simon, except that the 5x GRAMMY-winner fully created his new LP during a 30-day journey across Africa. With no music, lyrics or preconceptions, he stepped foot onto the continent last fall with only the wild dream to make a record in a month, and a mission to immerse himself in as many different cultures, stories and communities as he could. Reflecting on his travels – from Cape Town and Johannesburg to Lagos (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Cairo (Egypt) and back down to South Africa again, most of which he was visiting for the very first time – PJ Morton says:
“I wanted to capture the emotions I felt while I was on the continent, so I made a promise that I wouldn’t write anything before I arrived in Africa, and I wouldn’t write anything after I left – I ended up recording all my vocals before I left too. It really was an experiment in trusting my instincts. I have the ability to overthink as many of us do, so I wanted to spark something that had real stakes. What ended up happening was that all of my raw thoughts and influences came out all at once. There’s of course R&B and soul, but there’s also gospel in songs like ‘Simunye,’ pop in ‘Count On Me,’ jazz on ‘All The Dreamers,’ all combined with the inspiration of Africa. We didn’t have the luxury of time to police which genres would fit where, and the origins of all this music started in Africa anyway. Cape Town to Cairo is the diaspora in music form, done my way.”
Listen to Cape Town to Cairo via Morton Records/EMPIRE, and experience the making of the album in a new full-length lyric video: WATCH
While collaborating with featured artists including Fireboy DML, Mádé Kuti, Asa, Ndabo Zulu, and Soweto Spiritual Singers, producers like P.Priime and The Cavemen., his own live band and local musicians, Cape Town to Cairo finds PJ Morton using music as his greatest common language. He connects New Orleans to Lagos on "Smoke & Mirrors" - recorded a day after Fela Kuti's birthday festivities - while the transportive arrangements of "Please Be Good" and "Simunye (We Are One)" feat. Soweto Spiritual Singers showcase native sounds and the pride in belonging to something bigger than oneself. Whether the song came all at once or developed across multiple countries, as was the case with “All The Dreamers” feat. Asa & Ndado Zulu, Morton felt a constant sense of gratitude that manifested in “Thank You,” as well as an awareness for his personal lineage and many others’ ancestors who were taken from Africa (“Who You Are” feat. Mádé Kuti). On “Count On Me,” he and Fireboy DML speak to the world as a whole, through an uplifting message about the power of friendship and unity.
Find the latest dates for the Cape Town to Cairo Tour below, and tickets on-sale now at pjmortonmusic.com/#shows
Make sure to connect with PJ Morton online and listen out for Count On Me ft Fireboy DML on your favourite South African radio stations.
Cape Town to Cairo Tracklist
Smoke & Mirrors
Count On Me feat. Fireboy DML
Please Be Good
Who You Are feat. Mádé Kuti
Thank You
I Found You
All The Dreamers feat. Asa & Ndabo Zulu
Home Again
Simunye (We Are One) feat. Soweto Spiritual Singers
Connect with PJ Morton:
Facebook: @thepjmorton
Twitter: @pjmorton
Instagram: @pjmorton
TikTok: @pjmorton
Website: https://pjmortonmusic.com/
