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When Casey Lowery’s grandfather passed away in 2023, he left him a caravan – an old
holiday home on the English coastline, which contained a history Casey hadn’t
previously thought about. But when he arrived, moving in temporarily with his dog,
removing himself from the metropolitan music industry he’d spent over half a decade
trying to make sense of, it unlocked something within him. There, amongst the company
of pensioners and nature, the final pieces of lekkerland, his debut album, came
together.
The album, Casey says, is his effort to “reconnect with my past a bit,” and a reflection
on the kind of community once promised to him by a music industry system he’s trying,
in a more modest, loving form, to reshape and make work for him.
“Lekker” itself is an Afrikaans term Casey picked up on the road and means ‘something
pleasing’. After years of recalibrating,Casey has found a way to make something that
pleases himself as much as it pleases others.
Having been through the ringer already, there’s a sense that Casey is conscious to hold
onto the people who support him and give back. He founded his own management
company and makes the calls that feel right for him. He makes a conscious effort to
keep his shows affordable, so all of his fans can come and when he travels to South
Africa to tour, he brings on local crews to help support the local creative community.
“I've got a really cool community that allows me to be more myself,” he says. “I think I'm
one of the only people on the internet that has that. People just tell me to be myself.”
From his grandad’s old caravan, Casey is constructing a distinctive, accessible world for
himself and his fans. He’d cringe at the thought of being seen as some kind of altruistic
prophet, but Casey's intentions are good.