{"id":38214,"date":"2019-03-12T14:19:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/?p=38214"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:16:40","slug":"ess-bogale-shares-beautiful-poetry-with-time-and-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/ess-bogale-shares-beautiful-poetry-with-time-and-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Ess Bogale shares beautiful poetry with &#8220;Time&#8221; and new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We already covered <strong>Ess Bogale<\/strong> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"writing skills as she released the track &quot;Balance&quot; with her bandmates (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/introducing-lalibelle-bestnewmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\">writing skills as she released the track \u201cBalance\u201d with her bandmates<\/a> and under the moniker <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lalibelle (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lalibelle.music\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lalibelle<\/a>.<\/em> Today she is back in a compelling stripped down album, with heartfelt and truly amazing poetry written over a minimalistic piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"writing-is-my-tool-for-navigating-my-life-in-music-i-have-to-choose-my-words-well-it-makes-me-reflect\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u201cWriting is my tool for navigating my life. In music I have to choose my words well, it makes me reflect\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bogale<\/strong> began writing at age 10 and then followed by music and with her piano teacher with whom she mastered the in and outs by concentrating on free improvisation. From that point on, and encouraged by her brother to write more, <strong>Ess Bogale<\/strong> couldn\u2019t stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/578564247&color=%23a4bcb4&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Dabbling into lush, complex production and eventually ditched that angle all together to focus on the vocals, lyrics and a minimalistic piano instrumental to accompany her. It\u2019s a bare bones approach to her music and a bold statement at that. Not hiding behind any effects, or filters. Leaving no margin for error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ess Bogale<\/strong> delivers poignant storytelling, metaphors and questions life\u2019s meanings with her debut album \u201cJonik & Yassy\u201d recorded over one night last October 2018. Listen to \u201cTime\u201d below, our favorite from the collection of songs she released today. <\/p>\n\n\n[title maintitle=\u201dPASSPORT\u201d subtitle=\u201dJONIK & YASSY album\u201d]\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/578564265&color=%23a4bcb4&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/578564241&color=%23a4bcb4&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-light-green-cyan-background-color\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"940\"  height=\"940\"  data-attachment-id=\"38221\"  data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/ess-bogale-shares-beautiful-poetry-with-time-and-new-album\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1\/\"  data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1.jpg\"  data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\"  data-comments-opened=\"1\"  data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\"  data-image-title=\"Ess Bogale &#8211; Jonik &#038; Yassy EP &#8211; Sodwee.com\"  data-image-description=\"\"  data-image-caption=\"\"  data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-940x940.jpg\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-image-38221 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-940x940.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-940x940.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-690x690.jpg 690w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-430x430.jpg 430w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sodwee.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/artworks-000492104151-truoix-original-1.jpg 2048w\" ><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Stream (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/amu.se\/album\/ess-bogale-jonik-yassy\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Stream<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u201cJonik & Yassy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Full album available on all major platforms<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">Follow <strong>Ess Bogale<\/strong> on : <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-218445557\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EssBogale\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/essbogale\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dabbling into lush, complex production and eventually ditched that angle all together to focus on the vocals, lyrics and a minimalistic piano instrumental to accompany her. 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