Ncamisa Nqana will be performing at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban. Photo: Supplied
THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting the KZN Music Imbizo showcase, featuring Sheila da Blue Note and Sheila Khumalo, at 6 pm on Tuesday, August 29. Continue reading
Performing in That’s All Folk are (from left) Ryan Calder, Tammy Calder, Daniel Rossouw, (seated from left) Katherine McClelland and Sandra Styles. Photo: Supplied
RETURNING to the Hexagon Dive Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg campus at 7 pm for 7.30pm on Saturday, August 26 is That’s All Folk.
The evening of folk music from the sixties and seventies will help raise funds for the charity, Music Voyage, a music initiative in KwaZulu-Natal, which aims to develop positive values and invest young people withself-worth through the provision of music education. Continue reading
The Sweet Resistance, a chart-topping alternative pop rock band from Cape Town, fronted by the super-talented Natasha Meister, will be performing at the White Mountain Festival. Photo supplied.
NOW in its 12th year, the annual White Mountain Festival in the Southern Drakensberg is the perfect opportunity to get away from it all and enjoy a three-day line-up of some of the best acoustic acts in the country.
Known for its intimate, relaxed atmosphere, the festival, which runs from September 28 to October 1, is held at White Mountain Lodge in the foothills of the Giant’s Castle Nature Reserve. Continue reading
Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane
GROWING up listening to the sounds of South African music legends and the American jazz greats encouraged Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane to embark on a music career, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
Shainaaz Dawood is hoping to collect 1000 blankets for the homeless. Photo: Supplied
THE sight of hundreds of people sleeping rough on the streets of Pietermaritzburg galvanised Shainaaz Dawood to start collecting blankets, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
Doug Weich will be celebrating the music of Elvis Presley at the Rhumbelow Theatres in Durban and ‘Maritzburg. Photo: Supplied
DOUG Weich and his eight-piece band, MSG, return to the Rhumbelow Theatre in Durban for Elvis & Me – The Priscilla Story from Friday, August 11 to Sunday, August 20.
The show, which will also be performed at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Pietermaritzburg on September 10, tells Elvis’ as seen through Priscilla’s eyes and gives an insight into the couple’s relationship, from when they first met until the day that Elvis died – August 16, 1977. Continue reading
TWO empowering female artists — Shomon Daniel and Lotshiwe Tshabalala — will be performing at the Maritzburg Musicians’ Club (MMC) at La Casa in Quarry Road, Pietermaritzburg on Tuesday, August 8.
Both women use their voices in music to make a stand for independence, love, peace and power. Continue reading
Jude Kenrick and Dom Hurd, of Easy Freak, have released their debut album, ‘I’m Alright’. PHOTO: Matt Mason
IT’S been a year and a half in the making, but Durban duo, Easy Freak, are thrilled with their much anticipated debut album, I’m Alright, writes ESTELLE SINKINS.
Working late into the night, Dom Hurd and Jude Kenrick, recorded the songs for the 12-track album in a home studio. Continue reading
Heels Over Head (from (left) Thulile Zama, Rebekah Doty and Taryn Kasaval. PHOTO: Simanga Zondo
DURBAN-based jazz band, Heels over Head, is celebrating Women’s Month with a series of free concerts in the city.
Fans will be able to catch them at 5 pm on Friday, August 11 at the Playhouse Company, 29 Acutt Street, 5 pm at the Rainbow Restaurant on Saturday, August 12, at 23 Stanfield Lane, Pinetown and at 3 pm on Sunday, August 13 at the BAT Centre, 45 Maritime Place. Continue reading
Mpho Osei Tutu and Ilse Klink in Scorched. Photo: Jane Berg/CuePix
AS part of its celebrations for Women’s Month in August, the Playhouse Company in Durban will present its famed South African Women’s Arts Festival (SAWAF).
Now in its 21st year, the festival, which runs from August 10 to 19, features a host of award-winning dramas, including the Naledi Award-winning productions, Suddenly The Storm and Scorched. Continue reading
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