A chat with LALLA MARTIN, a Singer, Songwriter & Mbira Player from Harare, Zimbabwe. Check out LALLA Martin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lallamusicofficial ***TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 INTRO 00:01:08 WHO IS LALLA MARTIN? 00:02:34 MBIRA 00:03:48 UPCOMING ARTIST? 00:04:56 EXPERIMENTING / SIGNING TO A LABEL 00:09:26 WHAT SHE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY / CHALLENGES 00:11:57 WHAT ZIMBABWEAN ARTISTS LACK 00:15:10 INTERACTING WITH SA ARTISTS 00:18:01 DISCOVERING ZIM / IDENTITY CRISIS 00:21:41 RELIGIOUS STIGMA / EMBRACING CULTURE 00:27:00 GATEKEEPING IN ZIM 00:29:58 MOVING TO HARARE / CHALLENGES FACED BY FEMALE ARTISTS 00:35:36 BEING MULTICULTURAL 00:38:42 CREATIVE PROCESS / MESSAGE 00:41:52 IVHU TRIBE COLLAB / FASHION 00:43:53 CURRENT FOCUS / ADVICE ON GETTING SIGNED 00:47:44 MANAGEMENT? 00:49:29 BEING A FEMALE ARTIST IN HARARE / COLLABORATIONS 00:52:52 BULAWAYO TALENT 00:56:41 RESONATING WITH LISTENERS / DEMOGRAPHICS 01:01:13 HANDLING BUSINESS 01:03:34 HARARE VS BULAWAYO / BEING PROACTIVE 01:15:42 SABOTAGE / SUBSIDISED SHOWS 01:22:42 TAKING OWNERSHIP / NO UNITY 01:26:06 FREESTYLE VERSE 01:27:43 OUTRO