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With her new CD, “Papercuts” coming out in South Africa at the end of the month, it seemed like a great time to talk to Karma; a firm favourite amongst South Africans since the nineties and Henry Ate.  I asked her about American things, South African things, queer things - and things about how she writes the kind of songs that stick in your heart and mind forever.  Unfortunately, I completely forgot to ask her how many of her fans are Buddhist.  2008 has seen her play on three continents ...

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I’ve seen Stealing Love Jones play live a good few times, to big crowds and small.  I even saw Esjay do an acoustic set once.  I’ve also seen her play at lesbian events and she was not only truly cool and comfortable with it, but pretty flirtatious with the crowd too.  The music is fabulous - slightly offbeat, but mostly damn good rawwwk.  Esjay is one of those people who seems to have been born and bred for stardom.  She’s a natural; she’s straightforward, in-yer...