16 July 2026.
Thursday.
MARSHARN HERNDRICKS: THE ALL IN ONE
(singer, songwriter, music producer and photographer)
Marshan Hendricks is a rising South African singer, songwriter, music producer and photographer from Strand, Cape Town. She is 31 years old and has gained popularity for her fluid sound in both the English and Afrikaans music genres; including R&B, soul, hip hop and pop. She visited Bush Radio’s morning show, The Morning Cruise to share her journey and experiences in music.
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| (Picture of Marshan Hendricks at the front desk of Bush Radio) |
Back at school Hendricks studied music and film before launching her own career
and being an independent artist. In her interview with The Morning Cruise Host
she mentions that if she hadn’t studied film and music she would not have reached
this level in her music career.
As one can imagine studying something that you are passionate about has a way of instilling the zeal to move forward. When she was asked how did music and film studies influence her to be the artist she’s become she reminisced about those days and said “I learnt how to be disciplined.......every Friday to Monday at CMI we had a show, you had to write a song and perfom it “ Marshan kept repeating how impossible it would have been for her to be at this level, hadn’t she studied music and film back at school.
As one can imagine studying something that you are passionate about has a way of instilling the zeal to move forward. When she was asked how did music and film studies influence her to be the artist she’s become she reminisced about those days and said “I learnt how to be disciplined.......every Friday to Monday at CMI we had a show, you had to write a song and perfom it “ Marshan kept repeating how impossible it would have been for her to be at this level, hadn’t she studied music and film back at school.
As she grew in music she got to work with a lot of people including Danish producer Carsten Lehn who by the way helped her release her first ever album; If You Love Me. She mentions how Mr Lehn pushed her to do better and she says listening to the album now she appreciates the pushing and all the difficulties that come with it.
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| ( A picture of Masharn Hendricks signing "The Wall of fame" at Bush Radio) |
With all the genres she plays it can be difficult to keep up and maintain her
own signature, upon being asked how does she make sure she maintains her brand.
She says “It is important to do what feels right to you and do not feel
pressured because of trends” And she was asked what helps her to be grounded
she mentions her faith in God and how her surroundings shape her “Through all
the ups and down music brings and the
depression, its only God who keeps me grounded and the people you
surround yourself with”
Written By Unathi Ngomana.
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