Triple M Entertainment books Founder of iconic SA band Bright Blue to perform a FREE Concert in De Waal Park on Sunday 2 Dec 2012 Robin Levetan was the lead vocalist and founder of iconic SA band Bright Blue whose uniquely infectious blend of pop, rock and mbaqanga established them at the forefront of theContinueContinue reading “Triple M Entertainment books Bright Blue to perform a FREE Concert”
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Mango Groove at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012
Mango Groove at Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens – Sunday 2 December 2012. Shake it up Cape Town, Mango Groove will be back in the mother city for their first and only 2012 show in Cape Town at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012. If their past two soldContinueContinue reading “Mango Groove at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012”
Rodriguez To Tour South Africa in Feb 2013
Big Concerts have announced that Rodriguez will be touring South Africa in February 2013, with concerts in Johannesburg and Cape Town. 15 February 2013 – Carnival City, Big Top Arena http://online.computicket.com/web/event/rodriguez/686923210/0/51320976 20 February 2013 – Grand West Arena Cape Town http://online.computicket.com/web/event/rodriguez/686923210/0/51320995 http://SugarMan.org
Forever Young Music Competition 2012
Searching For Sugar Man South African TV Advert | YouTube
The TV advert says that the “Searching For Sugar Man” soundtrack “includes 3 previously unreleased songs” but this is not true. “Street Boy”, “Can’t Get Away” and “I’ll Slip Away”, recorded in 1972/73, were first released on the Australian “At His Best” album. They are also included as bonus tracks on the 2009 US releaseContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man South African TV Advert | YouTube”
CTMS review: Rockville 2069 showcase performance | samusicscene.co.za
‘Rockville’. The word alone would seem to demand a respectful rock-on hand gesture to be waved proudly in the air (lizard-like tongue and crazy eyes optional). However, this is not your average hard-hitting, what-you-expect-is-what-you-get rock musical. If anything, it should be called a peace musical. Inspired by the ‘flower power’ concept of peace and loveContinueContinue reading “CTMS review: Rockville 2069 showcase performance | samusicscene.co.za”
R.I.P. Neil Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012)
Neil Armstrong dead at 82 | Mail & Guardian
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”
Paths To Graceland | The Kleptones
From Hectic City 15 – Paths To Graceland Jive music from South Africa and Lesotho, providers of inspiration for Paul Simon’s “Graceland” – Perfect summer stuff! 01a Tau Ea Lesotho – Nyatsi Tloha Pela’ka 01b Tau Ea Lesotho – Puleng 01c Puseletso Seema & Tau Ea Linare – He O Oe Oe! 02 Mahotella QueensContinueContinue reading “Paths To Graceland | The Kleptones”