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10 exciting SA bands who caused a stir in 2009 and who will continue to do so in 2010…

In the middle of Haydons Road, Wimbledon, lies a beautiful pub called the Horse and Groom. It is owned and run by Miguel and Heidi Coelho from Pretoria. The couple have managed to bring a touch of South Africa to the place, although the feel and look of the pub...

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.

I AM A SOUTH AFRICAN born and raised; a New Zealand citizen; and based in London. No doubt if you are reading this, you have a similar, if not more colourful cultural background! As is evident in SA PROMO’s blogger pages, South Africans have spread themselves far and wide -...

Zinkplaat gesels met Craig Le Roux van Immergroen Zinkplaat. Hoekom Zinkplaat? Hoe het die band begin? Wie is Zinkplaat? Ons het vroeer hierdie maand ses jaar oud geword en toe met 'n skok besef dat ons glad nie meer onthou waar die naam vandaan kom nie. Deur die jare het...

GAZELLE is a small but colorful part of the African Renaissance promoting the growth and world view of any African born art. The group was born in 2006 when founding member and acclaimed photographer Xander Ferreira started experimenting with producing electronic bedroom music. Mixing an element of Reggae Dub and...

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...

Wikipedia Page:  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Watson The Super 14 clash between the Bulls and the Stormers in Pretoria was the first time Luke Watson had visited Loftus Versfeld since his controversial comments about South African rugby.

Lise Steyn has left the sunny shores of South Africa to follow her dream and passion in Amsterdam. That does not necessarily involve copious amounts of illegal substances being consumed, but the much more traditional side of Amsterdam and the Netherlands to form part of her studies. SA Promo got...

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...

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.

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.

Learn to speak Seffrican! Language. Wikipedia defines language as ‘a system of visual, auditory or tactile symbols of communication and the rules used to manipulate them’. Let’s apply this to South Africa, where there are eleven official languages, incidentally making us the number two in the world for most languages...