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MEETING SOWETO GOSPEL STARS
The Soweto Gospel Choir kicked off their UK tour in September, in Glasgow and concluded in Swansea in mid-October. I attended their Norwich Theatre Royal show. Having seen countless performances across the world, over the years, the anticipation was very high. Prior to the show, Mzansi Show hosted the choir master/conductor, Shimmy Jiyane. He promised the audience a night to remember saying, ‘people must e ...
THE ART OF SONGWRITING
“Excuse me Joe, but where do you think you’re going with that gun in your hand?” If you were sitting in a restaurant and heard someone speak those very words, how would you react? Would you just carry on with your conversation whilst tucking into your rib-eye steak? No. It’s almost certain that everyone would stop and pay close attention to establish whether there was indeed a gun in the room and to see wha ...
DIE HEUWELS FANTASTIES
If its Monday it must be the Kruger Park to make a music video, Tuesday is time to film another video in Mozambique, Wednesday is mid week party, Thursday is about getting ready for the weekend and Friday is when the gigging begins and artists are supplied with endless beer. Ok, so maybe this is just how us non-musician folk tend to picture the life of rockstars - but when one sees the latest photos of Die ...
LAUDIOLOGY Life in the super fast lane
Another month of crazy madness! Three countries in one weekend and meeting the fastest man in the world. This is life in the super fast lane!My trip started with a train trip from Paris to Cannes. From the outskirt of Cannes I could already see the abundance of wealth on display from yachts to mansions. I was coming to rock the best party in town, the biggest beach party in France with 10, 000 sun happy rev ...
MK Don't Stop the Music
In die jare voor YouTube en Broadband internet, was daar ‘n program op TV, Rewind, met een of ander ou met ‘n 80’s haarstyl. Maar dit was aanvaarbaar, want dit was die 80’s. Daar kon jy Leon Schuster, Manuel Escorcio en Juanita Claassen se nuutste musiek videos te siene kry. Dalk soms ‘n bietjie Roxette, maar die vervaardigers sou sterf voor alternatiewe Suid Afrikaanse bands dekking kry. In die jare negent ...
TAXI VIOLENCE in Western Europe
With a twenty gig line up around Germany and the Netherlands this October, Cape Town’s Taxi Violence will get their first taste of touring abroad. Fresh off a SA national tour for the release of their latest album The Turn, Sue Northam caught up with drummer Louis Nel and bassist Jason Ling ahead of this overseas experience, to find out about their blues infused rock and what makes the Taxi Violence foursom ...
FROM EGOLI TO ENGLAND Brumilda in Three to Tango
Brumilda van Rensburg with her husky voice, sharp cheek bones and striking eyes is most well known for her character of Louwna on South Africa’s great soap, Egoli. Brumilda is currently starring in an independent feature film, Three to Tango, along with one of Britain’s biggest household names Toyah Wilcox. Following in the footsteps of Calendar Girls and Mamma Mia, this light-hearted feel-good comedy is du ...
MUSIC MAKETH THE MOVIE
Have you ever noticed how ridiculous music videos look if you watch them with the TV on mute? It’s incredible how powerful music can be in shaping and colouring our emotions and perception. This link between how we experience the world and the music that moves us is well documented and profitably exploited in the soundtracks of today’s films. Soundtracks began as a musical score played live by a musician in ...
BUCIE ROCKS ON
Bucie Rocks On!
When I spoke to the young, talented diva, Bucie, a few months back, she was in the studio working on the album she was about to release. Following her successful debut album, ‘Rock Star’ she excitedly broke the news to me about her second offering, on the day the album was released – last week on 7 August.
The album is entitled ‘Rock On’ and has 13 tracks, including ‘Turn Me On’, a remix ...
Laudiology - Rocking Roskilde
Another explosive month - rocking Roskilde, meeting the radical MC Spoek Mathambo, smashing the heart of Paris at Africa Express and discovering a new music genre!I had the pleasure of travelling to Denmark and Sweden to perform at Roskilde, the biggest music festival in Scandanavia.175 bands and 75,000 people. The line up included Kanye West, Coldplay, Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys, Oasis, Slipknot and us - T ...
LONDON BASEBALL
London has a diversity of sports to support over the weekends and now a day at the baseball is fast becoming a great summers day out. After nearly two decades, baseball UK leagues have become as competitive as their American counterparts.Baseball actually originated in England, between the 14th and 18th centuries, however, the USA adopted the sport and developed it into a cultural icon and cornerstone of
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KNOW YOUR UK RUGBY TEAMS
September is the start of the Guinness Premiership and we’re giving you a peak at the twelve clubs competing to get you all fired up for some exciting English rugby whilst living in the UK.Four of the twelve Premiership clubs are London clubs - London Irish, London Wasps, Saracens and Harlequins - of which the latter’s grounds are based in Twickenham, South West London. Also, spot a few familiar faces from ...
MEET MR MISCHIEF
He wasn’t born Craig Mischief. He started out in the world as Craig Alan Wiblin. Growing up, he always had a natural element of being the entertainer and making people laugh. He took part in every play or variety concert that came his way and after leaving school, he did his two years national service in the military band playing bass.Craig’s parents tried to convince him that entertainment was not a good c ...
ROCKING THE DAISIES
Now in its fourth year, Rocking the Daisies is one of the newer festivals on South Africa’s circuit - and it’s in an area most known for its wild flower season - held on the Cloof Wine Estate up the west coast in a little town called Darling (made famous by Peter Dirk Uys, or more affectionately known as Evita Bezuidenhout!)Evita step aside, as Darling gets ready to be rocked by an eco-friendly music and li ...
DANKFEES 2009
DANKFEES - 25 - 27 September 2009
Hoekom almal na die Dankfees stroom keer op keer bly ‘n raaisel... dit mag dalk die Suid Afrikaners se gemeenskaplike liefde vir die trippel B (biltong, braaivleis en boerewors) en ‘n groot makietie die aand wees wat dien as ‘n defnitiewe trekplyster. Die jongspan baljaar en neem deel aan items soos boeresport, springkastele, wimbuks, pyl-en-boog, golf, en touchies. Ma en ...
SKA IN SA
People of all ages and tastes have been drawn to the socially diverse, fun-filled music genre of ska and punk ska, with live shows which capture the imagination from bands who defy compartmentalisation into a particular musical genre with its mix of instruments, beats and rhythms!When ska entered the South African music scene in the 1990’s, it was a fairly unknown concept to music lovers. Brilliant groups h ...
TO DO LIST London Ghost Walk
Twilight creeps through the alleyways and hidden courtyards of the old city of London, revealing ancient secrets of dark deeds that lie entombed behind crumbling walls. It whispers into the shadowy recesses of a forgotten part of London, disturbing the sleep of the long departed.SA PROMO joined masterful storyteller Richard Jones and journeyed with him through the darkest places London has to offer.Starting ...
KELLY KHUMALO makes the movie move
There is a widespread belief that reality show fame can help you into the music industry, but, chances are, if you don’t convince the public or the judges, and you get eliminated from the competition, you probably wont stand a chance of getting a record deal elsewhere.Even though Kelly Khumalo was eliminated as the second runner-up in the Gospel Star Competition in 2004, she was already a winner with one of ...
WHERE WERE YOU THE NIGHT MICHAEL JACKSON DIED
It was one of those laid back nights, I was DJing in a bar in Paris called the Bottle Shop...The weekend before, I had DJ’ed and MC’ed at Fete de la Musiq - a day in France where everyone plays music everywhere, the whole country becomes a massive festival and it is absolutely crazy! I played Michael Jackson at some point, not knowing that five days later the king would be gone...Back to Bottle Bar... I was ...
DAVY BROWN DISCOVERS HIS ROOTS Book Review
Davy Brown Discovers His Roots is a simple story with a big message. This children’s book is about a boy called Davy Brown who realises that his all-American family isn’t all that American after all. While given a class assignment to create their family tree, his classmates’ tell the stories of immigrating, and how their families have overcome obstacles to legally stay in the USA (something that many of us ...
