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This song came about from experiences I had working in Sudan around 2010–2011, and from witnessing the enormous contrast between systems built around power and people whose attention was on caring for their communities and building something for those around them.

When I wrote the song, I imagined a man and a woman somehow anthropomorphized as the land and the characteristics of people who care about their communities and for the earth in general, played out in physical moments.

It was interesting to describe some of that meaning through the movements that @andrea.danae.kingston and I explored and the choreography she created for me.

Filmed and edited by @isabelle.m.schmitz
Choreography by @andrea.danae.kingston
Produced by @jherekbischoff by @roxyrawson

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When I started thinking about how to express the meaning of South Sudan, I began exploring movement with my wonderful choreographer friend @andrea.danae.kingston to express the meaning behind the words through the body.

We became interested in forms of physical communication and we looked into ways people communicate across long distances with hand signals, gestures and bodily signs.

Gradually we developed a series of movements that began to feel a bit ritualistic.

At the heart of this song, is how people are constantly giving unseen, sometimes invisible care to each other and the land, quiet acts of service that rarely make headlines, but which hold communities together.

Andrea helped me find a physical language for those ideas and I love that she is also here performing it with me🥰.

Also a big thanks for @isabelle.m.schmitz for her lovely camera work🤗💕

South Sudan, produced by @jherekbischoff
Videography and edit by @isabelle.m.schmitz
Choreography by and featuring @andrea.danae.kingston

Link in bio to listen☝️🎶 by @roxyrawson

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🌿 FOLK FESTIVAL IN BERLIN NEXT WEEKEND! 🌿

While Feral Folk Festival sadly won’t be happening this summer, we’re very happy to be able to point you towards another gathering for Berlin-based and international folk artists.

Berlin Folk Festival Summer ’26 is happening next Saturday, 29 August at Gretchen, with a full day of live music. 🌼🎶

Headlining is the wonderful Bedouine, celebrating her new album Neon Summer Skin, alongside a brilliant mix of international and Berlin-based artists including Mia Wilson, James Michael Rodgers, Siba & Monkyman, Scott & Lila, LEETA, Sam & Trevor, Agnes Verano, Bernar Gomma, Electric Leona, Steve Burner and more.

And Berlin Folk Festival has very kindly offered the Feral Folk community 20% OFF TICKETS. ❤️

Use code:

✨ FERALBFF ✨

at checkout.

Details:

Berlin Folk Festival Summer ’26
Saturday 29 August
Gretchen, Berlin
Doors 15:00

We’re really happy there’s still a chance to come together around folk music in Berlin this summer and to support our wonderful independent folk scene.🌿

Ticket link in @berlinfolkfestival bio

#BerlinFolkFestival #FeralFolkFestival #BerlinFolk #BerlinMusic #FolkMusic BerlinLiveMusic IndieFolk

@sibasmusic @monkyman_music @guitarramarolada @scottandlila @agnes_verano @leetamusic @electricleona @steve.burner @miawilsonmusic @sam.and.trevor @jamesmichaelrodgers @bedouinemusic taken in Club GRETCHEN by @roxyrawson

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Roxy Rawson’s “South Sudan” comes from an artist with a substantial history in orchestral and alternative folk music. Now based in Berlin, Rawson studied violin and piano at a Paris Conservatoire before gaining recognition in London’s alternative folk scene. Her career has included a Sony development deal, performances at Ronnie Scott’s, Royal Albert Hall, Union Chapel, and the Roundhouse, and support appearances for Sia and Yasmin Levy. Independent on Sunday called her “beautifully peculiar,” Tom Robinson of BBC Radio 6 called her “brilliant,” and PopMatters praised her musical craft. by @roxyrawson

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https://www.theinterviewist.com/2026/07/28/roxy-rawson/

#theinterviewist #femalesingersongwriters #roxyrawson #southsudan #interview #music by @roxyrawson

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🌿 A Night of Cinematic Indie & Chamber Folk in Berlin

Three artists. Three unique voices. One intimate evening at Alter Roter Löwe.

📍 Alter Roter Löwe, Berlin
🗓️ 30 July
🚪 Doors: 18:30
🎶 Music starts: 19:30
🎟️ Ticket €20

✨ Roxy Rawson
A Berlin-based chamber-folk artist creating cinematic, emotionally immersive music with ethereal yet commanding vocals. Her work moves between light and shadow, weaving vulnerability and strength into soundscapes that embrace the full spectrum of human emotion, allowing every feeling to belong.

✨ Volterra
An alt-pop trio from Italy & Hawaiʻi creating cinematic, emotionally charged songs built around soaring vocal harmonies, orchestral textures, and a hopeful ecological vision inspired by solarpunk. Their live performances blend intimacy and intensity into an immersive concert experience.

✨ Elsdeer
Berlin-based singer, songwriter, and producer Elsdeer crafts intimate indie-folk infused with electronic textures, layered harmonies, and organic soundscapes. Her songs invite listeners into reflective worlds where nature, memory, and emotion intertwine.

Join us for an evening of heartfelt songs, rich harmonies, and music that lingers long after the final note.

#BerlinConcerts #BerlinMusic #LiveInBerlin #IndieBerlin #berlin taken in Alter Roter Löwe Rein by @roxyrawson

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One of the other experiences I had in Sudan was attending a Sufi gathering at Sunset. It was honestly one of the most magical experiences of my life. When we arrived with the people we were with, we stopped with them as they greeted each other. Brothers who practiced very different forms of Islam.

We were ushered towards a larger area where a very large crowd had gathered in a circle and the music and chanting started. There was a dancer with long dread locks I remember.

I remember incense and the energy in the crowd. It was like a kind of buzz that moved the whole crowd and everyone began to kind of sway together and synchronize to a rhythm.

The energy built and built and it elevated more and more gradually, over the course of an hour or two…I’m not sure of the time, because it just felt like time stood still, I was totally inside every moment that happened. The energy rose and rose to an almost ecstatic level as the sun went down.

‘South Sudan’ is available to listen on all streaming platforms, click the link in my bio to listen👆🎶 by @roxyrawson

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Roxy Rawson has never been an artist interested in taking the easy route, and “South Sudan” is another reminder that some of the most moving songs are those that choose empathy over spectacle. Drawing inspiration from her time alongside communities in Sudan, the Berlin-based chamber-folk artist delivers a cinematic single that feels less like a performance and more like an act of quiet reflection.

Produced by acclaimed composer Jherek Bischoff, South Sudan unfolds with remarkable patience. Rich live strings create a sweeping backdrop while Rawson’s unmistakable voice floats effortlessly above the arrangement. There is a delicate balance at work here. The song feels intimate enough to whisper directly into your ear, yet expansive enough to soundtrack a wide-open landscape. It’s easy to understand why her vocals are often compared to artists like Agnes Obel, Joanna Newsom, and Florence Welch, but Rawson’s emotional delivery remains distinctly her own.

Rather than telling someone else’s story, South Sudan succeeds because it focuses on what the experience awakened within the songwriter. The track reflects on compassion, humanity, and the bond between people and the land, asking listeners to consider the choices that shape our world every day. It celebrates kindness as an active force rather than a passive emotion, making its message feel both timely and timeless.

[ Link in bio for more ]

@roxyrawson by @roxyrawson

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On a bus in Sudan, I heard one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’d ever heard. I knew I would feel bereft if I left Sudan without knowing what it was. So in my very broken Arabic, I asked people on the bus if they knew the artist.

Luckily someone did and wrote it down for me. I went to the market the next day and found a Sudanese tape seller. I showed him the name and he took out the cassettes he owned of that artist and let me listen to them all. So kind. And I found the song!! I couldn’t believe it. I went home with that Casette tape.

I found the music fascinating. It had a haunting vocal above what seemed to be an incredibly complex drum pattern. I was brainstorming later to try to make sense of the drum beat with my friend @gregrawson and he explained that the drum part was likely on 1- which allows the subdivision of the beat to constantly change, which it did- I’d never heard anything like it.

The tumbling drum pattern on this track is my attempt at expressing how it felt in my ears to hear that strange drumbeat.

Listening link for ‘South Sudan’ is in my bio👆🎶

Visuals by @winkmannn ✨ by @roxyrawson

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South Sudan...

She is my land
She has sparks in her eyes
And lights up the skies
And with a great bony elbow
She crushes them, those
Who don't hunger and thirst
For the far of the land and the kindness or man

Listening link in my bio 🎶

Visual by @winkmannn
Full lyric video available on YouTube on Friday 🤗 by @roxyrawson

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Another snippet from the string orchestra recording with @famesproject. I love @jherekbischoff's writing here, how the strings build and carry the weight of the song and that lovely measured glissando at the end really helps release the tension on a high point.

‘South Sudan’ is available to listen on all streaming platforms, click the link in my bio to listen👆🎶 by @roxyrawson

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