Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s Backing Vocalists Awards Make A Return

Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s Backing Vocalists Awards Make A Return – The BVSM (Backing Vocalists and Session Musicians) awards discovered by Yvonne Chaka Chaka are set to a comeback for a third instalment after hitting a snag last year.

The awards that finally bring acknowledgement on backing vocalists and session musicians, and we all know how they are always placed at the shadow of things, will be staged on March 15 at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani, Soweto.

A fraction of musicians to be commemorated this year are from the period between 1996 and 2000. “I’m truly delighted that the BVSM awards are back this year. It’s a project close to my heart because it’s rooting for the underdog and often the marginalised in the music industry,” Chaka Chaka said.

The winners this year will receive R5,000 cash. An additional R20,000 will be deposited in an endowment policy that the winner can only cash in no less than five years.

This is done in an effort to make sure that musicians don’t die penniless.

The awards that take place every two years first launched in 2015 and had a second showing in 2017. The awards failed to take place last year because Chaka Chaka was unable to secure a sponsor.