It was in 1988 when Selaelo Selota decided to spend R150 to buy his first guitar while studying at FUBA academy, and in 1994 he got into the University of Cape Town's College, where he majored in Jazz Composition and Arrangement and graduated in 1997. 

This year, 3 January 2021 Selota celebrates his 57th birthday with some of the music that has shaped his world over the years on "Essence of Rhythm" with Mmatsheko Mosito.

Listen up!