Ildo Nandja. Photo by Fiona Johnsson
THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the Howard College campus on University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a bass showcase on Wednesday, May 18 at 6 pm. Continue reading
Cellists, Ayanda Makulwane and William Nobelo will be performing Vivaldi’s Concerto 2, movements 1 and 2.
THE annual KZN Young Performers Concert will take place on Saturday, May 21 at 7 pm at the Drama Theatre in the Playhouse in Durban. Continue reading
FEMI Koya will be performing at Niki’s Oasis at 138 Bree Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, at 8 pm on May 20 as part of the Africa Month Celebrations. The gig is supported by Concerts SA. Entry is free. Phone: 082 448 6376. Continue reading
Mikhaela and PHFAT. Photo by Jono
SHOWING no intentions to slow down, PHFAT has released a brand new single, The Whip, a song which is both a classic PHFAT thumper and a completely new sonic adventure for musician who worked with the relatively unknown jazz musician, Mikhaela Faye. Continue reading
We Are Charlie – from left: Rowan van Eeden, Dylan Christie and Wesley Reinecke. Photo: Lourens Smit Photography
We all know the saying, “two’s company, three’s a crowd”, but the crowds love these three Pretoria guys who have been taking the live music scene by storm! Who Are They? We Are Charlie!
The band recently dropped its brand new single Let’s Stare At The Sun, what seems like bad advice from We Are Charlie makes for an incredible release. Continue reading
The Time Flies performing live. Photo: Gary van Wyk
FOLLOWING recent social commentary calling out various local artists who try to sound Americanised on the web, there is some good news for those seeking African-inspired music from local acts that are as far removed from the United States music copy machine as logical thought is from Donald Trump.
The Time Flies is a five-piece Afro-Country-Ska-Funk band from Cape Town, which offers a multi-dimensional, vibrant sound in their album, Wingin’ It, which launches at the Blah Blah Bar, 84 Kloof Street, Cape Town on Saturday, May 21. Continue reading
JACQUES Moolman (front man of the South African Music Award-winning rock band, Shadowclub) has released the single Love Spell under the name Chambers, his eagerly anticipated new solo project. Continue reading
Kristin Ng-Yang’s multi-media Bird/Fish installation will take centre stage at a fundraiser at the Tatham Art Gallery on May 20. Photo: Supplied
THE Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg will be playing host to Bird/Fish, a cross-cultural fundraising event, featuring visual arts, music and dance on Friday, May 20 at 6.30 pm for 7 pm. Continue reading
The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra creates music to warm our hearts and souls every Thursday in a six concert Winter World Symphony Series 2016 starting at 7.30 pm on Thursday, May 19 in Durban’s majestic City Hall. Continue reading
Lehasa Moloi and Dineo Moeketsi star in Mrs Right Guy.
THE highly anticipated romcom Mrs Right Guy, premières at Ster Kinekor’s The Zone in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Thursday, May 19 – the same day as the film screens at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in France.
Dineo Moeketsi who stars as the broken-hearted Gugu Hlatshwayo in Mrs Right Guy announced the exciting news on Twitter. Mrs Right Guy is screening in Cannes as part of the National Film and Video Foundation South African showcase programme. Continue reading
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