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SAMA Nominations 2009
The annual South African Music Awards capture all that is fabulous and of the essence of South African music. At the top of their game, big fish indeed, Goldfish have picked up an immense eight in total, followed by 340ml with six! It seems that this year anything ‘animal’ orientated is hitting the sweet spot – form fish and chameleons to zebras and giraffe!Chris Chameleon has a whopping five nominations – ...
KHULULEKA
A song of freedom, an international anthem of love and peace and all things needed in times like these! Khululeka is set to spread like the flu virus, to infect and affect all it touches with its words of harmony and hope. A simple idea to send forth a song into the world wide web and wait as it catches its wave to surf the crest of human curiosity. All this song wishes to achieve in its quest is the achiev ...
Cassette nominated for Best Live Act
CASSETTE WAS NOMINATED FOR AN MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST LIVE ACT IN 2008
Band Biography 2009
Cassette were nominated for 3 x MTN SAMA’s (South African Music Awards) in 2007 including that for Best Group, and ended up taking the award for Best Rock Album with their debut album, Welcome Back To Earth. They have collaborated with local South African legends such as the Mahotella Queens, Zubz and Vusi M ...
THEO KGOSINKWE (MAFIKIOLO) The Mzansi Show
THEO KGOSINKWE (MAFIKIOLO) I AM!When talking about South African greatest musicians of all time it does not take you long before Mafikizolo's band is mentioned. It has been a long time since we heard the new album from Mafikizolo. Now that Nhlanhla and Theo have released their first solo album respectively. In an exclusive interview with Theo, we went to find out how life is like as a solo artist and the fu ...
GOLDFISH Hits the US Music Market
Goldfish have just recently licensed a track off their second album to be featured in an advertising campaign in the United States. The advertising agency chose the track “Fort Knox” for the TV advert for the new Kia Soul automobile. It is reported that a fan of Goldfish responsible for presenting the song to the agency as a potential sound track for the advert.
Needless to say that this gives Goldfish m ...
CD review: Nibs van der Spuy, A bird in the hand
What is it they say about a bird in the hand is better than none? Well for an artist with 3 solo albums already, and improving his soulful style with each, ‘A bird in the hand’ is an apt title for his latest blessed contribution. Natal based Nibs van der Spuy is a man who has racked up many passport stamps since his first international release ‘Beautiful Feet’ in 2007, with France and Italy being firm fan h ...
LAUDIOLOGY DJ Mujava
ENTERING THE PRESTIGIOUS La Remier nightclub, I heard the sound of South African streets blasting through the speakers. Surely there could be no French DJ in Toulouse playing this kind of music? The king of the townships – DJ Mujava – was indeed in the house along with the hottest French DJs of
the moment!I strolled around the club, observing the crowd and quickly realised that most of the audience were mi ...
ABAVUKI Recipe for Success
Recipe for Success
1x large amount of ambition1 x dollop of talent1 x good connection1 x lucky break1 x dash of media interestSometimes all it takes is a bit of talent, a lot of ambition, and someone who believes in you and has the right connections. Add to that a lucky break and a dash of media interest and you just about have the formula for success!THE AMBITIONA group of ten vocalists and percussionists ...
MUSIEK INNI VK December 08
Ek moet erken, voor Lize Beekman ons hier in London kom warm sing het met haar ryk stem en lekker stories, het ek net geweet sy is iemand wat sing, en nie veel meer nie. En is ek nie spyt nie? Van die eerste oomblik wat haar helder stem my onkant gevang het, tot by die amperse wese verandering wat sy ondergaan as sy begin stories vertel, soos net `n meisie wat Melkbosstrand huis noem, kan. Eers was dit vlak ...
MUSIC and THE INTERNET
It’s a typical Monday morning. I’ve been listening to the car radio on the way to work: that old medium that, despite its aging technology and poor sound quality, remains a staple part of the lives of millions of people across the world. I arrive at my desk and feel the itch to listen to more music, so I type the word ‘music’ into Google. The results show 1-10 of about 2 000 000 000 pages, found in 0.10 sec ...
MUSIEK INNI VK January 09
Soos ons nou staan aan die begin van `n Nuwejaar kan ons terugkyk op `n jaar war baie musikante ons hier in die VK kom vermaak het. En elke vertoning was iets nuut, iets ander en iets wat my oortuig het Suid Afrikaanse musiek is sterker as ooit en nog lank nie klaar gegroei nie. Maar een ding wat elke Saffa moet doen terwyl hy hier is, is iets wat jy nie altyd so baie geleenthede voor kry in SA nie. En dit ...
WOULD THE REAL MO LAUDI Please Stand UP
Upon meeting the much hyped Mo Laudi, I’d done my research and knew a thing or two about what he’s been up to... So when I asked him just how big he is as house DJ and African music extraordinaire, he shrugged humbly and said, “I really don’t know, it’s all just happening so fast!” Then he started to laugh as he opened that night’s London Paper to show me a paparazzi photo of Lindsay Lohan outside China Whi ...
THE MZANZI SHOW Bantu Soul
The Soul Superstar reveals all about his solo success and the future of Khalil. Bantu Soul; Metro FM award winner, songwriter and a chart- topping solo success there’s not much the recently turned 29 year old hasn’t done in music. Known of course from Khalil, Bantu Soul decided to bring his soul to House Music.
His first solo single ‘Having you Around’ topped the Metro FM Top 40 Charts. “Over 10 years we’v ...
MUSIEK INNI VK February 09
Soos vele musikante jaarliks in foggy Lahnduhntown erken, is dit een helse voorreg om daar te kan wees. En as hulle voor `n uitverkoopte gehoor speel, is dit net nog `n pluimpie wat hulle aan hulself kan gee om te erken dat hulle nou rÍrig goed is. Teen die tempo wat groepe en musikante in Suid Afrika na vore kom en CD's vrystel, bepaal die wet van gemiddeldes dat 2009 weereens `n ryk jaar vir Suid Afrikaan ...
JOSIE FIELD
It was with great eagerness that I set off on a rather rainy Wimbledon Monday to go interview “the next best thing” musically coming out of South Africa – Josie Field. Not long into our very relaxed interview at the Walkabout in Wimbledon I realise how much passion she has for what she does, yet there’s a certain humbleness about all the hype that her “rich sounds” are creating. I really enjoyed interviewi ...
