South African Pop Singer Jann Klose On Tour w/ New Single & Music Video “Sugar My”

­ ­ ­ Award-winning musician and songwriter Jann Klose is touring, and has a new song "Sugar My" on all streaming media. Jann is an award-winning pop singer-songwriter, who has released six albums and two EPs. Klose was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the United States.    His latest song, “Sugar My” (Honey Rose Records) is at 50 and rising on the MediaBase Top 40 charts. Watch the new music video  His two recent singles, "Love You the Most" and "Pilot Light" have accumulated over 5 million streams across all platforms. Love You the Most (part of the soundtrack to the Amazon film Married Young) broke Top 40 radio in the United States, peaking at #49.  Jann is an ambassador for Desmond Tutu's TutuDesk campaign and Brick by Brick Uganda. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie "Greetings from Tim Buckley" (Universal). His songs have been heard on the Grammy® nominated "Healthy Food For Thought" compilation, charted in the Billboard Top 10 compilation "Action Moves People United" as well as MTV Cribs and movies "Dead Broke" (Warner Bros) featuring Paul Sorvino and “One Little Finger” alongside Quincy Jones, Siedah Garrett and Julian Lennon. He has performed as an actor and singer in touring companies of Broadway musicals, including "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Jekyll and Hyde," and "The Who's Tommy" as well as made for TV movies, voice overs and commercials. Jann has won 4 Independent Music Awards (IMAs). In 2020, Jann launched his podcast, Making Sound with Jann Klose. Recent episodes have featured industry legends like Felix Cavaliere (Rascals), Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Frank Bello (Anthrax), and Simon Kirke (Bad Company), actor/songwriter Michael O’Keefe (Caddyshack, the Great Santini). Jann tours year-‘round in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia and has opened for and collaborated with a wide range of artists including Pat Benatar, John Oates of Hall and Oates, Suzanne Vega, Renaissance's Annie Haslam, The Yardbirds and Jim McCarty, Rosanne Cash, Paula Cole, Brett Dennen, Karen Zoid, Shekhinah, Carrie Newcomer, Alicia Madison, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, Gary Lucas, Jeffrey Gaines, Elliott Murphy, Rusted Root, Pete Seeger and Les Paul.    JANN KLOSE TOURDATES June 3, 4, 5,  NAMM 2022  Show, Anaheim, CA   June 8  Bishop Tri-County Fairgrounds Bishop, CA June 11 The Finnish Hall Berkeley, CA June18   Michael Braceland Art Gallery, East Patchogue, NY June 19   Cozy Cabin Concerts  Green Brook Township, NJ  Sept. 16-18   Island Hopper Songwriter Festival, Fort Myers Beach, FL Sept. 25:  House Concert, Fort Myers, FL

Jann Klose Pays Tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu in New Music Video "Never Fall"

 JANN KLOSE is releasing a new music video, “Never Fall” as a tribute to the legacy of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the TutuDesk Campaign. Watch on YouTube:

For immediate release: The music video’s documentary feel covers Jann’s multiple visits to Mpumalanga Province near Johannesburg, South Africa during the making of his recent solo album, “In Tandem.” Thousands of TutuDesks were handed out to students in need. Footage shows performances of the kids dancing, singing and playing and Jann singing and performing for them in return. Says Jann: “Never Fall imagines a world of connection, sharing and support. The kids sang along with me at the end of the song and performed for us in return. All captured here in this short music video.” 

While Jann never met the Archbishop, he “felt his reverberations while working with his daughter Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe and her team.”

Globally recognized, and in partnership with the United Nations Special Envoy for Education, the Tutudesk provides the answer to the classroom desk shortage crisis experienced in schools in developing countries.

"I was a barefoot township urchin. I went to school where there were no desks. We sat on benches and when the teacher asked us to write, we knelt down on the floor and used the benches we had been sitting on as desks… I wish Tutudesks had been available in my day!” — Archbishop, Desmond Tutu

 

“Never Fall” is the fourth single release off Jann Klose’s IN TANDEM album, released by legendary Gallo Record Company. Previous singles, “Pour the Champagne” featuring Karen Zoid have enjoyed continuous airplay in Southern Africa, reaching some 26 million listeners and charting in the Top 20 on Jacaranda FM.

 

Jann’s latest singles “Love You the Most” and “Pilot Light” from his upcoming 7th studio album “Surrender” (due later this year) have placed on Top 40 radio in the United States and garnered millions of views on YouTube. 

Official site: jannklose.com

August 27: The Bitter End Presents Jann Klose

 International Music Ambassador Celebrates Fans' & Radio & Voice of America Support  

photo by Perry Stein

Jann Klose will be performing live at the Bitter End on August 27, at 8 PM.

The Bitter End is at 147 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and LaGuardia), in New York City.

Audience members must present proof of vaccination as per the rules of the City of New York.

Tickets are on sale for $15 at bitterend.com/#/events?event_id=43645.

The Bitter End’s phone number is 212-673-7030.

The website is bitterend.com.

Jann’s Facebook event page is www.facebook.com/events/424210612119012.

Jann is looking forward to sharing this ride with his fans and friends. “Love You The Most,” his duet with Alicia Madison, is still on the Media Base’s Hot AC and Top 40 radio charts after four months; it’s been streamed over 3.5 million times!  The song, (which previews the Amazon movie "Married Young") broke the Top 50, and inspired Voice of America’s Larry London to invite the two to be interviewed on his “Border Crossings” radio show heard all over the world.

This multi-Independent Music Award (IMA)-winning pop singer-songwriter has released six albums and two EPs. He was raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany and the United States, and has performed on those continents plus in Asia through the years. Jann is an ambassador for Desmond Tutu's TutuDesk campaign and Brick by Brick Uganda. He is the singing voice of Tim Buckley in the movie "Greetings from Tim Buckley" (Tribeca Films / Universal).

Singers enjoy working with Jann. Signed to South Africa’s legendary Gallo Records, his most recent album, “In Tandem” includes duets with some of South Africa’s leading pop-singer-songwriters including coaches from that country’s “The Voice.” He’s toured there since 2015, first as an independent artist. Recently, Jann sang with Liz Callaway on her recent “Comfort and Joy – An Acoustic Christmas” album.

At the Bitter End show, Jann will perform both fan favorites and new songs for his upcoming 2022 album, including co-writes with Alex Forbes (known for Taylor Dayne’s “Don’t Rush Me,” and hits in South Africa). Onstage, Jann will be joined by guitarist Michael Also and special guest singers Brooke Matza and Ms. Madison; her dance music hit “Toxic Rain” hit number 1 on the Billboard Dance charts. Alicia’s 2019 EDM single “In and Out” streamed 10 million times on Spotify.

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