Episode from the podcastHolding Up The Ladder

Francis Fuster (Pt 2)

Released Tuesday, 3rd June 2025

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Francis Fuster (Pt 2)

Tuesday, 3rd June 2025

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Welcome back to part 2 of my conversation with Francis Fuster. We pick up our conversation in London in the 1980's. Francis is playing percussion for Hugh Masekela, he's touring with Paul Simon and that huge record, Graceland. We talk about playing in South Africa post apartheid and a short stint in jail - it was self-defense!

Guest: Francis Fuster

Title: You gotta be ready

Music: Bach, Handel, Miles Davis and John Coltrane

Music links

Hugh Masekela, Sekunjalo

Geraldo Pino and the Heartbeats, Maria Lef for Waka

Hugh Masekela, Don't go lose it baby

Hugh Masekela, Bring Him Back Home (Nelson Mandela)

Francis Fuster, Najesueh

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A podcast about the creative process - the how, the why.Most artists are inspired by more than just their own medium – so even though podcast host, Matshidiso is a musician, the Arts more broadly, politics, people – in short, life informs the music she makes.And why ‘Holding up the ladder?’ Because we’re all trying to get somewhere and Matshidiso believes we not only further the arts but each other if we ‘hold up the ladder’ rather than pull the ladder up from under us as we climb.Website: holdinguptheladder.comIG: @holdinguptheladderTwiiter: @hutl_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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