OFM OFM Artbeat (Kunsteklop)

Nianell’s raw story-telling in new book takes fans behind the fame

Loading player...
We know Nianell as an angel-voiced superstar but behind the platinum albums and bright lights, she has been walking a path of profound quite dismantling. She joins Yolanda Maartens in the OFM Art Beat, not to sing the songs we all know and love but to talk about the songs she has discovered in her silence. In her new book: A song that’s yet unsung, she shares a raw, multi-sensory journey through fame, heartbreak and spiritual awakening. Her book also includes 30 new songs that help tell her story.
6 May English South Africa Performing Arts · Visual Arts

Other recent episodes

Umzila: Keeping heritage alive through art and music

Umzila (The Legacy) is an exhibition that explores instrument-making as an artistic and archival practice through the Xhosa musical bow, uhadi. Born in Nyanga, Cape Town, Thandeka Mfinyongo is an African musician, scholar, and lecturer in African Music and Ethnomusicology at North-West University. Thandeka joins Yolanda Maartens in the OFM…
15 Jul 4 min

The Choral Celebration Network Foundation strives to keep choral music alive

The Choral Celebration Network Foundation (CCNF) aims to elevate harmony within the South African choral and orchestral industry through non-competitive and neutral performance opportunities. This is achieved through inclusive growth events that foster collaboration and celebrate the diversity of our nation, along with others, through the tools of choral and…
15 Jul 6 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Navi Redd

Yolanda Maartens gesels met Hanno Zeeman Moenie hierdie energieke optrede misloop nie. Navi Redd is weer in Bloemfontein en bring vars klanke, bekende lirieke en ’n verhoogteenwoordigheid wat jou van begin tot einde vasgenael hou. Sluit by ons aan vir ’n onvergeetlike musiekervaring. Ouer, wyser en gryser, dis iets vir…
11 Jun 4 min

Vrystaat Kunstefees 2026: Die Klein Prinsie

Yolanda Maartens gesels met Chris van Niekerk oor Die Klein Prinsie Die Klein Prinsie vertel die verhaal van die vriendskap tussen ’n loods en ’n blonde seuntjie wat begin met die vraag: “Teken vir my ’n skaap?” Die Prinsie het waarskynlik van Asteroïede B612 af na die aarde gekom. Sy…
22 Jun 6 min
All episodes