
The stage is set - the lights are low - the audience have committed and the artists have prepared. The guitars have been cleaned - the strings have been changed and the voices have been warmed up. Its nearly time for the opening notes of the the first ever Cape Town Folk n Acoustic Music Festival. Bring your love - bring your heart and bring a fluffy toy – Gavin Minter, organiser. Top South African artists to peform: Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, Brian Finch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Julie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin [...]
Getting ready to head out to the Pieta Brown show in a while, I am working on getting the Maria Isa show and the Dessa show mastered and should have them up here sometime this week. The Dessa show was amazing, she had a lot of new material, so fans of her will definitely enjoy that show. Also, it was being taped by TPT, and will air March 27th at 10pm . I'm trying to figure out a way to record that, and will hopefully be able to share that here. [...]
Sunday night saw 3 of South Africa's most talented guitarists descend on Society in Durban for the latest in the series of Levi's Vintage Sunday gig series. The concept is to showcase the best that SA has to offer in an intimate setting like Society and thanks to some convenient business travel I happened to be in attendance. Society is a beautiful, large colonial house perched on Durban's trendy Florida road. The vast balconies and high ceilings set the perfect environment for gigging in a town that has been known to [...]