The unique Afro-pop-folk sound of Takura Terry

Writer: Hedda Mittner.

Performing artists have been severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic – just think of the singers, bands, choirs, orchestras, dancers, actors, stage technicians… All of whom were left high and dry when the entertainment industry came to a standstill.

It has been no different for the talented young Takura Terry, who before the lockdown was gathering a loyal following and had just launched his first eight-track album, Folks. Singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist and rapper, Takura had been performing at various venues in Cape Town and Hermanus, including The Brewery, Burgundy, Tipples, Char’d, Bosmans, Springfontein and the Birkenhead Boutique Hotel, when Covid-19 struck – just as his music career was finally taking off.

“It’s been a tough couple of months,” he says, “and I’ve had to use my savings to see me through. There are very few gigs now. Before, I was performing several times a week but now I’m lucky if I get one gig a week.”

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