Category Archives: Album Covers

Cause It’s the Greatest Last Song Ever Recorded

By Mark Worth ​   One of the most noteworthy final albums ever recorded might never have been made had Steve Rowland not been sitting in the London office of music publisher Freddy Beanstalk one day in the summer of 1970. Rowland looked on Beanstalk’s desk and saw a copy of an album hardly anyone hadContinueContinue reading “Cause It’s the Greatest Last Song Ever Recorded”

Top 12 2012: Top 12 plaaslike CD-uitreikings vir 2012 – Albert du Plessis | LitNet

Here is a list of 12 South African albums released this year that have captured my imagination for various reasons. They made me think, or they made me cry, or they made me remember, or they made want to dance, or they were just plain fun. Cheers Brian Hugh Masekela – Playing @ Work LyzyrdContinueContinue reading “Top 12 2012: Top 12 plaaslike CD-uitreikings vir 2012 – Albert du Plessis | LitNet”

Rockville 2069

Had a great evening on Saturday night at the launch of Rockville 2069. Rockville 2069 is a futuristic rock musical that is at heart a love story set against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic world and steeped in the philosophies that characterise the rebellion of the sixties, the seventies and those that are currently shapingContinueContinue reading “Rockville 2069”

Concert for the CD Launch of Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical | TravelMagSa – Travel magazine South Africa

Rockville 2069 is a fully orchestrated production that sees over 60 artists and musicians from different cultural and musical backgrounds collaborating to bring a new, sometimes discordant, always thrilling voice to the rock musical scene. The result is an emotionally soaring journey of caution, hope, optimism, rebellion and joy. It’s a lyrical roller-coaster ride you’llContinueContinue reading “Concert for the CD Launch of Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical | TravelMagSa – Travel magazine South Africa”

Concert for the CD Launch of Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical | TravelMagSa – Travel magazine South Africa

Rockville 2069 is a fully orchestrated production that sees over 60 artists and musicians from different cultural and musical backgrounds collaborating to bring a new, sometimes discordant, always thrilling voice to the rock musical scene. The result is an emotionally soaring journey of caution, hope, optimism, rebellion and joy. It’s a lyrical roller-coaster ride you’llContinueContinue reading “Concert for the CD Launch of Rockville 2069: A Rock Musical | TravelMagSa – Travel magazine South Africa”

The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue

Originally published on Sugarman.org, 28th September 2001 HATE STREET DIALOGUE Woman please be gone You’ve stayed here much too long Don’t you wish that you could cry Don’t you wish I would die Seamy, seesaw kids Childwoman on the skids The dust will choke you blind The lust will choke your mind I kiss theContinueContinue reading “The Amazing Story Of Hate Street Dialogue”

Rodriguez: The John Samson Story

Guest post by John Samson, author of Cold Fiction. I often joke with people in the UK that I didn’t leave South Africa of my own free will, but was actually kicked out because I was not fanatical about rugby and I didn’t drink, both activities that white South African males are meant to excelContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: The John Samson Story”

Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock

I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A number of the mixtapes from my teenage years show “Sugar Man”, “Rich Folks Hoax” and “I Wonder” as being from 1973/74 when I was about 14/15.

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