The November 2022 South African Rock Show Playlist features a curated selection of South African rock and pop music.
Category Archives: South African Artists
Steve Louw | Interview | New Album, âThunder and Rainâ | It’s Psychedelic Baby
The album was produced by Kevin Shirley (John Hiatt, Robert Cray Band, the Black Crowes) and features contributions from guitar wizards Joe Bonamassa, and Doug Lancio. Bonamassa is featured on the second single âMother Donât Go.â
South African Rock History: African Daze – Progressive Rock
Two mixes of Progressive Rock tracks from South African Rock History, compiled by Brian Currin.
Rock Today With The Big Heavies [2LP 1971]
“Rock Today With The Big Heavies” is a 1971 double album featuring prominent South African bands Suck, Freedom’s Children, and Otis Waygood Blues Band.
South African Music History: Jack Hammer at the Whammy Bar, 11 November 1999 and 17 February 2000
Piet Botha, Johnathan Martin and Tertius du Plessis wowed the enthusiastic audience at the Whammy Bar in Cape Town…
What Am I Listening To? Crossroads by Jack Hammer!
On 22 December 2020 a live album was released by Piet Botha & Jack Hammer titled “13 Towns Vol 2”. This album had been recorded live on the road between 2017 and 2019 and followed the July 2020 release of Vol 1. There are 10 tracks on this album, ending with a cover of BobContinueContinue reading “What Am I Listening To? Crossroads by Jack Hammer!”
The Vagabond Café in Nowheresville
The Vagabond Cafe mixes melancholy music from various artists, including Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen, capturing the essence of lost souls meeting in an imaginary bar, offering a soulful journey through diverse tracks.
An Analysis of Piet Botha’s “The Game” by Brian Currin
This biting commentary song written by Piet Botha has a bit of a convoluted recording history. The Game (original 1998 recording) âThe Gameâ was originally recorded at Red Room Studios, Pretoria in October 1998 by Trip (Francois Scheepers & Niel van der Spuy) and featured Piet Botha and Johnathan Martin prominently. It was released on the TripContinueContinue reading “An Analysis of Piet Botha’s “The Game” by Brian Currin”
What Am I Listening To? Piet Botha and Jack Hammer!
In 2019, a little while after Piet’s passing in June that year, a limited edition retrospective double album was released on vinyl only. I have re-created this marvellous album as a Spotify playlist.
Steve Louw’s “Wind In Your Hair” hits 300,000 Streams today as new song is released.
Steve Louw’s brand new single “Mother, Don’t Go” (featuring Joe Bonamassa, and produced by the legendary Kevin Shirley) was released this morning, and his previous hit “Wind In Your Hair” (also featuring Joe’s guitar talents) has achieved 300,000 streams.