Acclaimed South African musician Ashton Nyte finally make his US debut with The Valley Ashton Nyte - South Africa - Africa - Arts and Entertainment - Valley
Ashton Nyte is considered to have pioneered alternative music in South Africa and he made his NYC debut at Fontana's with a CD release show for his latest disc The Valley (Intervention Arts Records). I had a chance to talk with Ashton before the show and this video also includes the first song from the set. Here are Ashton's upcoming tour dates (which include a return trip to NYC on July 23rd): Thursday, July 8 8:30PM (acoustic) Mars Cafe: 2318 University Avenue, [...]
"Ashton Nyte is a South African born singer, songwriter, producer, composer and front man of the South African alternative rock band The Awakening. Nyte has released five solo albums both as Ashton Nyte and Ashton Nyte and the Accused in addition to his numerous releases as The Awakening. He is considered to be a pioneer of alternative rock in South Africa and has been described as "something of a music[al] genius" for his typical method of composing, playing and recording each instrument himself on most of his releases. Nyte is widely known in South Africa for his chart-topping cover of [...]
South African born and current US resident Ashton Nyte who used to be in goth band The Awakening which had tons of success in his his home country, has just released his first US album called 'The Valley ' June 15th . His reps contacted us with his first single/video for "Jennifer" and I am loving it! He has an amazing deep voice reminiscent of artists like Peter Murphy and [...]
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