Patricia Maganu
17 September 2008
Francistown — A Motswana woman has released an album of wedding songs that she says was inspired by her marriage. Neo Montsho says that her newly released album is meant to help people who are already in marriage and those planning to get married.
"When I got married I experienced a lot of things and honestly a lot of the things people can live with as a matter of compromise. I know that some things are irreconcilable, but some of them we can try once we get into marriage," she says. In this album, she wants to encourage people who are in marriage and those who want to get into holy matrimony.
"That is why I sing with confidence and passion in my songs because I know I am sending a good message out there," she stated. Montsho just released a six-track album titled Tsala O Setlhogo comprising wedding songs. In the title track, Tsala O Setlhogo, Montsho says that she is trying to warn women against women friends once they are married.
She says women need to be more discreet.
"Women are people who like to get involved in intimate relationships with others and to reveal secrets to each other when that same woman you trust is the one who is going to cause your break-up. Here I am just trying to advise women to choose what they tell their so-called friends," she says.
The other track that she says has words of wisdom is Makoti/Mokgwenyane where she talks about the vows that the bride and groom took on their wedding day.
"I am simply saying that the bride should take care of the groom and vice-versa," she stated.
Another track that other people may receive with mixed feelings is Maphefo in which she says that she still believes that a man should not be questioned.
"When I grew up I found the tradition that you cannot ask a man where he is coming from, but some women will fight their men and that is not good," she admonishes.
Montsho says that there are other ways to handle a man than to shout at him because men do not like women who talk too much. The other tracks are Sephonono, O Nyala Leng?, and Banyadi. The six-track album was released at the beginning of the month and Montsho says that she is impressed with the sales rate unlike her first album.
"My first album did not do so well because I was new in the market and I did not know where to begin," she said. She says that this time around she has changed her tactics.
"I record in South Africa and I decided to adapt to their style and add some tempo into my music. I am the only one who is using this style here so far," she said. She says that in her last album her songs were too slow for weddings. Montsho says that she has been interested in music since she was at primary school, but it was not until she matured that she realised she had so much potential.
"I liked to dance and enter competitions, but I did not know I had the talent," she said. Montsho says that she is also in the process of making a video for the songs, which should be out soon. Some of the songs are already receiving airplay on local radio stations.
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