PINETOWN’S Rainbow Restaurant is hosting a performance by Pops Mohamed, South Africa’s leading indigenous-contemporary-crossover artist and Dave Reynolds, SA’s leading steelpan player on Sunday, July 26.

Mohamed, a multi-instrumentalist, jazz composer, traditional music preservationist and global “Fucha-Rist”, was featured in the television series 21 Icons. Synonymous with the term jazz legend, he has toured with world music legends Andreas Vollenweider and Baaba Maal, and has recorded music with South Africa’s tribal people called the San, more commonly known as The Bushmen. Mohamed also co-created the TV show Southern Rhythms, which explores the relationship between music and spirituality in SA.

Reynolds is a SAMRO award-winning composer, who also performs with acoustic guitar. He’s toured and recorded all over the world with legends like Steve Newman, Hugh Masekela, the late Gito Baloi, Tony Cox, the late Sipho Gumede, Paul Hanmer and McCoy Mrubata, to name just a few.

The two men come to the Rainbow, fresh from their sell out nationwide tour and performance on the main stage at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

Doors open at 1 pm and tickets are R60 from www.webtickets.co.za, Pick n Pay stores and the Rainbow. For more information email nicola@therainbow or 083 706 2294.

• The concert is part of Concerts SA, a joint South African/Norwegian project housed under the auspices of the SAMRO Foundation. It receives financial, administrative and technical support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SAMRO and Concerts Norway.
• The project aims to engage with musicians, promoters, venue owners and audiences, to stimulate live music in South Africa by finding and implementing ways to create regular, sustainable performance platforms. Concerts SA also aims to develop an interest in and appreciation of live music by showcasing music performances and conducting workshops at schools.
• For more information visit http://concertssa.co.za, follow Concerts SA on Twitter @ConcertsSA or like the Facebook page: ConcertsSA.
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  Pops Mahomed.

  

  Dave Reynolds.