#MusicExchange: Sannie Fox

16 Oct 2018

The evolving sound of South Africa's Sannie Fox is captured on her new album titled My Soul Got Stranger. The album is heralded by her first single, Criminal for your Love, that powerfully illuminates the deep musical terrain mined by Fox on her first solo record since 2015's Serpente Masjien.

I caught up with her last week.

When are you happiest?

When I am not complaining about something.

What does music mean to you?

Moving.

What drives you: ego or humility?

My beating heart!

Any funny moments on stage?

Yes, usually when I have friends in the front.

Your heroes?

David Bowie.

Which living person do you admire most and why?

I think my mother is pretty damn cool, she speaks seven languages!

What is your most treasured possession?

Depends on the occasion, usually my brain.

It’s your round, what are you drinking?

Vonkel!

Dream gig to do?

Maybe a gig on the moon.

Nicknames?

Fox, foxy fox.

If you were not a musician, what would you do?

I would be a cat.

Pick five words to describe yourself?

A thalassophile, outdoors-lady, creative, expressive, physical.

Greatest movie ever made?

There are many great films! Too hard to choose one. Right now, I am in love with a movie called Gomorrah directed by Matteo Garrone based on the book by Roberto Saviano. There is also always In the Mood for Love.

What song changed your life?

Rock Lobster – B52s.

Who do you love?

Family, friends, people who give me cheese.

What is your favourite word?

Moon.

Give us some real proper slang and what it means?

I’m in the UK right now, slang is different here init? There is fam, which is informal for your mate. Or geezer, which refers to a man who apparently doesn’t like to use a brollie in the rain.