The South African Jazz Rock Discography 1959-1979 has been revamped, offering improved visuals, integrated Spotify, and YouTube playlists for enhanced music discovery. It honours Tertius Louw’s foundational work on this cultural resource.
Category Archives: Discography
Exploring South African Compilation Albums: From Vinyl to Digital
A nostalgic exploration of South African radio and music compilation albums reveals a curated collection spanning popular hits and underground treasures. It appeals to those longing for the art of music discovery from earlier eras.
The Moordenaars Karoo booklet is available for download.
Moordenaars Karoo Booklet available to download.
Radio Rats: Pentatonic Canticles
Jonathan Handley and Dave Davies collaborated on a music project released in August 2023, available on popular streaming platforms like Spotify and YouTube.
Radio Rats: Tea With Pandora
https://open.spotify.com/album/2pROoT4B304wAkwuyjJVcw?si=BLKvMadVQvGYVfKf_JxwAA Radio Rats: Tea With Pandora Pandora’s House | JH 2017
Radio Rats: Killville
https://open.spotify.com/album/0aXPDcrFgd7wnU8CGOUWXZ?si=4KjqsMxIRaG83y0RwEM25Q Review Killville was released in 2019 and features 13 classic new Rats’ tracks. This is a really strong album with good songs and it is so cool to hear a group on top of their game and enjoying themselves. Drummer Riaan Esterhuisen has turned out to be a really inventive musician and he changesContinueContinue reading “Radio Rats: Killville”
Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019
Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019 Review Live at the Radium 2019 has just been released and it the first live Radio Rats album. The album was wrecorded at a live gig at the Radium Beer Hall in Springs with a Zoom Model HN2 Handy Recorder which was placed near Riaan Esterhuizen’s drums ”ThisContinueContinue reading “Radio Rats: Live At The Radium 2019”
Radio Rats: Moordenaars Karoo (Concepts and Ideas)
Radio Rats: Road Songs (Concepts and Ideas)
Jiving and Dying – The Radio Rats Story
A DVD documentary on the Radio Rats, produced and directed by Michael Cross. Includes a companion CD compilation. RADIO RATS FROM 1977 TO THE PRESENT THE MOVIE – Almost forty years ago, in late-1970s South Africa, there was a song on the radio about a spaceman called ZX Dan. It was by a noisy littleContinueContinue reading “Jiving and Dying – The Radio Rats Story”