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Goapele Mohlabane (pronounced gwah-puh-LAY) (born on July 11, 1977, professionally known as Goapele is an United States|American soul music|soul and R&B singer-songwriter. Her name means "to go forward" in the South African language Tswana language|Tswana.

Biography
Early life
Goapele was born in Berkeley, California, to an Israeli Jewish mother, Noa, and a Black people|Black South African father, Douglas, who was a political exile. They married in Nairobi, Kenya. Goapele attended the Berkeley Arts Magnet School in Berkeley, California. During these years, she joined several groups that fought racism and sexism. She also sang in the Oakland Youth Chorus and joined a group called Vocal Motion. After graduating high school, Goapele attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studied music theory.

''Closer'' and beyond
In 2001, after self-releasing her debut album, ''Closer'', she founded Skyblaze Recordings with her brother Namane to oversee her musical career. In 2002, she released her first nationally distributed album, ''Even Closer'', featuring the single "Closer," through Hieroglyphics Imperium Recordings. "Closer" was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 movie ''Honey (movie)|Honey''. In 2004, Columbia Records|Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment|SME Records picked up Skyblaze Recordings for wo... read all

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goapele closer

goapele first love

goapele closer the original music video 2001

love me right by goapele

make your move feat goapele

goapele catch 22

goapele change it all

goapele on the crazy al cayne show

goapele romantic 2002

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Goapele will be playing at these Events
1. Outside Lands Festival 2008 on 22 Aug 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA United States [url=www.outsidelandsfestival.com]www.outsidelandsfestival.com Initial Artist Announcement and Ticket Info! Your joyride around the sun gets a few exclamation points a year. Solstices, equinoxes, birthdays …and now Outside Lands. Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Jack Johnson will be aligned in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Earth, on August 22, 23 & 24, 2008 as headliners for the inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. Wrap your head around that, then take a look at the rest of the initial lineup which will eventually include over sixty acts on five stages…! GA TICKETS GO ON SALE SUNDAY, MARCH 30th at 10AM. General Admission 3-Day Festival Ticket - $225.50 plus a $25.00 service fee per ticket and an $18.00 shipping fee. One Ticket will be issued for 3-day entry to festival. Customer must present same ticket each day at gate. If one or two days' lineup reaches out and grabs you, single day ticket sales go on sale THURSDAY, MAY 1ST at 10AM PST. A portion of your ticket price will benefit the San Francisco Parks and Local Charitable Organizations.
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