Off her new album [Long Live The Angels] here is one track featuring her father [Joel Sande] and Zambian cousins [The Serenje Choir], called Tenderly, she said that visiting Zambia was such a big spiritual turning point for her.
London based pop star – Emeli Sande says her new album was inspired by a “life-changing” trip to Zambia after her marriage ended.
The star, who grew up in Aberdeenshire, visited her father’s homeland in 2015, travelling to her grandmother’s village “deep, deep into the outback.
“There’s no electricity, no running water,” she told BBC Radio 4‘s Front Row. “But they’d light the fire and everyone would sing.”