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...
SABC 2 is proud to announce the premiere of the powerful seven part documentary “Have you heard from Johannesburg?”.
Thirteen innovative business and arts partnerships were tonight acclaimed at the 13th Annual Business Day BASA Awards, supported by Anglo American; while successful businessman Dick Enthoven was named the recipient of the first Art Champion Award, for his philanthropic contribution to the arts.
Night Drive, a South African thriller set in the bush, releases nationwide on 15 October 2010. Against the backdrop of a game reserve, the film tracks an eclectic group of tourists left stranded during a night-time game drive when their vehicle breaks down. As a series of terrifying events unfolds, the tourists realise that wild animals are the least of their fears.
Kayamandi community will be treated to an explosive Gospel show on
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.
Acclaimed director Revel Fox’s new film Long Street opens in selected cinemas on 24 September 2010. It’s an intimate, honest film which draws on the real life experience of Fox’s own daughter who battled with drug addiction while trying to make it as a musician. With its sparse dialogue, Long Street tells its story with feeling, compassion and elegance.
Kwa-Zulu Natal singer and songwriter, Holly, is finding a growing – and increasingly devoted - audience for her beautifully crafted original songs.
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:
Local horror movie fans can look forward to some home-grown gore in The Unforgiving, a South African splatter film which opens at cinemas around the country on 20 August.
The Durban International Film Festival is pleased to announce that the winner of the Best Feature Film of its 31st edition is The White Meadows (Iran). Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof, the film was lauded by the International Jury as a “timeless and poetic narrative.”
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 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.
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.
Melanie Scholtz is one of those artists you can keep seeing over and over again, much of the material is the same but the collaborations always include the most exciting jazz musicians. She is also the only artist to perform at all three of South Africa's major jazz festivals in 2010.
Bubbly actress Maggie Benedict is unquestionably one of the hardest working – and the busiest – actresses to grace our televisions at present, with her sizzling up the small screen daily as Zoey in Binnelanders and most recently receiving rave reviews for her weekly portrayal as Grace in The Mating Game. Local audiences just can’t get enough of this effervescent performer!
Darius Brubeck and Barney Rachabane came together again at the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown. The performance was like taking a gentle trip through some of Sout h Africa's rich jazz heritage.
Young, beautiful and talented, the Young Voices of Brandenburg charmed and delighted the audiences with two Standard Bank Jazz Festival performances.