Freshlyground team up with ZANEWS for Chicken to Change music video
Freshlyground have teamed up with the internet satirical show ZA NEWS to make their second music video for their new album ‘Radio Africa’. The decision to hook up with the puppets from ZA NEWS was taken after His Excellency Comrade RG Mugabe declined a cordial invitation to participate in the video. His doppelganger, however, leapt at the opportunity! And brought along a couple of friends...
Western Cape Youth Music Festival 2010
Abaqondisi Brothers Share the stage with Amadodana Ezikhungo in Kayamandi
Kayamandi community will be treated to an explosive Gospel show on
Tribe at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival 2010
Tribe made a rare appearance at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival 2010 held in Grahamstown. The project features a group of highly esteemed and multi-talented jazz musicians from Cape Town namely Mark Fransman on piano/tenor sax, Buddy Wells on tenor sax, Charles Lazar on bass and kesivan Naidoo on drums.
Holly Wasserfall
Kwa-Zulu Natal singer and songwriter, Holly, is finding a growing – and increasingly devoted - audience for her beautifully crafted original songs.
Thomas Krane + Sven The Bear @ Blue Stockings/Luna Lounge
At Blue Stockings 13/08/2010
Luna Lounge’s musical evenings are such stress relievers, and Friday the 13th was no exception as the fairy lights led us from the walkway into the trendy coziness of Blue Stockings. New drapings and a revamped anthracite heater (thanks to Shawn) kept us snug on this cold August evening. The frosties, homemade bake and soup, hot coffee and happy chit chat of folk reconnecting with mates, settled us into SVEN THE BEAR:
Jack Mantis and Shomon @ Monteseel 30/7/2010
Luna Lounge Monteseel: 30 July 2010
We were in a fish bowl, hungry for the crumbled food floating on the surface. And oh my! We were overfed and well nourished by Shomon, Jack Mantis, Domenico Benigno and Aury Livingstone. What a feeding frenzy it was, leaving us satisfied and clambering for more.
With New York roots and African drums luring her soul back time and time again, ANNE LOWRIE (Make Some Noise Africa: Global Artist Management) manages Shomon and The Jack Mantis Band. Her vast experience as a photographer and entertainment manager enables her to spot unique talent, and in her gentle, caring way, she nurtures her bands, guiding them, linking them across South Africa, and creating amazing opportunities for them.
Lira
In a global music world brimming with solo female performers, Lira stands out as that rare thing: an artist who has been able to create a formidable career without compromising the very values that feed her creative soul.
Auriol Hays Band
Auriol Hays was born and raised all over the Western Cape everywhere from Mitchells Plain to Eerste River. She grew listening to classical and jazz music in a family of musicians.
Melanie Scholtz - The Folks Who Feel Jazz
The Folks Who Feel Jazz were Melanie Scholtz, Marcus Wyatt on fluegel horn, Afrika Mkhize on piano, Jo Fougner Skaansar on bass and Jasper van Hulton on drums. In an interview earlier this year she was saying how much she was looking forward to working with Afrika Mkhize, once he started playing I knew why.