Nathan Zeno: Live music
De Maj are four women who sing Andrews sisters style a capella. That would be one way to describe them. Another would be to say that De Maj are a dream; they are from another planet; they are at turns honey and at others velvet. They are four students of music, jazz lovers and jazz singers. The combination of voices of Denay, Chantel, Mandisa and Melanie is sublime.
I walk into The Piano Lounge in Cape Town one Thursday night as they are about to perform. The venue is small and not full. By the time the girls are halfway through their set, word has spread through Cape Town and people are packing the place. The following Friday The Piano Lounge is filled to capacity.
De Maj perform Friday and Saturday at Mannenbergs and on Sunday at the Piano Lounge in Cape Town