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Enjoy the varied sounds of Africa at the Maritzburg Musicians Club

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andtheRiddle

HEAD down to La Casa in Quarry Road, Pietermaritzburg, at 7 pm on Tuesday, July 26 to experience the awesome musical art of Africa! The Maritzburg Musicians Club is hosting an evening with artists from Cape Town, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

Local favourites Dan and Jacky, of andtheRiddle, will be gracing the stage as part of their national tour. There will also be a first time performance from ZISAMO – a beautiful collaboration of passionate musos from around Africa. Continue reading →

Centre for Jazz puts drummers in the spotlight

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Bruce Baker will be taking part in the Jazz Drum Showcase at UKZN.

The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting a Jazz Drum Showcase featuring first, second and third year students and a few alumni that are prominent faces on the Durban and South African music scene at 6 pm on Wednesday, July 27. Continue reading →

Catch exclusive screenings of the film, ‘Queen: A Night in Bohemia’, at Ster-Kinekor

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Queen at the Hammersmith Odeon. Photo: Douglas Puddifoot

Ster-Kinekor Theatres is hosting the exclusive screening of Queen: A Night in Bohemia on Saturday, July 23 at 8 pm, Sunday, July 24 at 2.30 pm, and Tuesday, July 26 at 8 pm, at select cinemas.

This special cinema event includes the monumental and energetic Queen concert, which was filmed live on Christmas Eve 1975 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London; and a never-seen-before documentary featuring footage of Freddie Mercury, recently discovered live performance footage, interviews with all four band members, outtakes, backstage clips and sessions for the first-ever recording of Bohemian Rhapsody, the ground breaking, chart-topping British single from A Night at the Opera.
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Opera stars, Sibongile Mngoma and Sandile Mabaso, to delight audiences in Joburg

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Sibongile Mngoma.

TWO of the shining lights of the South African opera scene – Sibongile Mngoma (soprano) and Sandile Mabaso (tenor) –  will be performing in the main hall of the National School of the Arts in Braamfontein, Johannesburg, at 7 pm on July 28.

The duo will be performing arias and duets from the world’s most beautiful operas. Sigongile will be singing arias from Puccini’s La Boheme and Tosca and Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutti; while Sandile will be singing from Massenet’s Manon and Donizetti’s L’elisir d’Amour. They will be accompanied by Marten van Wyk on piano.

Tickets for the Opera Duo concert are R120 (concessions R80) at http://www.webtickets.co.za. Proceeds from this concert will be used to upgrade the music department. Continue reading →