A name that needs no introduction in music circles is that of Tsepo Tshola. The 40-year music industry veteran will perform at the Bassline Live concert series this weekend.

Themed a celebration of life and music, The Village Pope will enthral his multigenerational audiences with a performance that will be served by Tshola, his two sons, Kamo and Katlego, and a 13-piece band at the Lyric Theatre on April 7.

Speaking to IOL from his rehearsals in his home Lesotho, Tshola said he’d decided on the theme to acknowledge all the good in his life up to this point in his career.

“I’m with my children, who life has given me joy in having them, and I’m living with music. I grew up in a family of singers,. My mother and father got married on stage. I’m a product of that, and now I have these two boys who have amazing talents. So I would like to celebrate music and life with my sons,” Tshola said.

While he was happy to perform with his children, Tshola said that while he’d known his sons were talented, as a parent he had different dreams for them.

“I’d known for quite some time that they were talented, but as a parent, you want them to concentrate more on school than music, before they get to make their own choices about what career path they want to follow.

“I’ve realised now that they are big boys, who are amazing in song, so I thought I might as well take them and see what happens. But the rehearsals are going amazingly well,” he said.