Jacqui Carpede presents Ready to Love

   “a reflection of the real Jacqui Carpede”

Growing up in Eldorado Park Jacqui Carpede knew what she wanted to do with her life, never settling on the idea of having a “normal job”. Pursuing her dreams she started making a name for herself as a performer from a young age. She officially started off her career performing with Liesl Penniken and Mariechan Luiters as part of Jamali when then group was formed on the television show Coca-Cola Popstars in 2004.

Jacqui is an entertainer and a woman who has accomplished a lot through her efforts especially with the launch of Ready to Love as an independent project. The singer-song-writer, actress, mother and self-proclaimed show-girl has taken her passion and expression and put it in her debut solo album Ready to Love, which she is now ready to share with the world.

From her days as part of the iconic South African Group Jamali, Jacqui Carpede has taken on many exciting roles and projects, but Ready to Love will be a true expression of herself.  A strong work ethic, a great support structure and an ambitious spirit has brought her this far. As a performer, business minded and confident woman, Jacqui has single handily taken the reigns of this ambitious project and will start the Ready to Love album tour on the 22^nd of March in Polokwane.

With many hours of rehearsing going on, Jacqui promises the live performances and tour will carry one main factor, and that is “Entertainment value”. “Everything matters” she notes, as she describes her devotion to what she enjoys and mentions that it will be a “surprise on stage”, something truly to look forward to.

Her main musical influences are hardworking musicians like Janet Jackson, Brenda Fassie and Toni Braxton to name a few, who stay relevant and stay true to themselves and through her music,  this is what Jacqui also aims to be.

Ready to Love incorporates elements of funk, dance and house. This will be something new and different to the pop sound that she is known for with Jamali. The album will tell a story and describe her journey as she fell in love with music all over again.

The tour does not have a definite end, with many dates to still be set, with a variety of venues looking to host at least one night of her tour. For those who can’t make it to buy the album on tour, it will be available in stores and digitally from the 24^th of March.

Tour Date for Ready to Love:

Johannesburg 19^th of April

Kimberley 23^rd of May

Port Elizabeth 28^th of June

Bloemfontein 19^th of July

The rest are to be confirmed