Ballet dancer Katherine Anderson as she appears in the video for ‘The Mighty One’. Photo: Lwandile Ngubentombi
TWO Durban performers, Justin Nanak and Thandeka Dube-Ndhlovu, have composed an original praise-and-workshop ballad, The Mighty One, for the Mini World Youth Day 2017.
The song will be the official theme tune for the event, which runs from December 6 to 10. It was launched at a meeting on July 24 and can now be viewed online. Continue reading
THE Rhumbelow Theatre – Pietermaritzburg will be celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald and Errol Garner at the Allan Wilson Shellhole in Alan Paton (Durban) Road at 2 pm and 6.30 pm on Wednesday, August 9. Continue reading
The Queen of Bollywood, Shreya Ghoshal, will be performing at the ICC in Durban. Photo: Supplied
AFTER performing to sold-out audiences in 2016, the award-winning ‘Queen of Bollywood’, Shreya Ghoshal, returns to serenade South African fans with a night of soulful melody and music.
Accompanied by popular Indian vocalist, Kinjal Chattopadhyay, and the stars of Sony Entertainment TV, Shaheer Sheikh and Kushal Tandon, she will perform at the Durban ICC on August 19 and the Centre Court at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on August 20. Continue reading
Durban-born jazz singer, songwriter and voice over artist, Spha Mdlalose, will be performing at the Imbokodo Jazz Festival in Durban on August 12. Photo: Supplied
WITH Women’s Month on the horizon, female artists are set to dominate this year’s Imbokodo Jazz Festival, which will take place at the N-Shed Cruise Terminal facility in the Port of Durban from 1 pm to 1 am on Saturday, August 12.
It is being hosted by the community based non-profit organisation, iTheku Regional Jazz Association (iTReJA), an affiliate of the South African Jazz Appreciators Association (SAJAA). Continue reading
BRITISH singer-songwriting legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Yusuf (better known as Cat Stevens) will tour South Africa for the first time in November.
The Peace Train Tour commemorates the 50th Anniversary of his first major hit single and debut album Matthew & Son released in 1967. Continue reading
Rusty Red will be performing the hits of Eric Clapton at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Durban. Photo: Supplied
DURBAN ‘Bluesman’ Rusty Red will headline at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Cunningham Avenue, Durban with his sell-out offering Crossroads, a Tribute to Eric Clapton & Friends, from Friday, August 4 to Sunday, August 6. Continue reading
Titi Luzipo will be performing at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music in Durban. Photo: Supplied
JAZZ singer Titi Luzipo, will be celebrating the role women play and why it is so important in society in the concert, Being Woman, at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban on Wednesday, August 2 at 6 pm. Continue reading
A series of vintage New Orleans-inspired evenings are on the cards, for lovers of jazz and authentic cuisine.
A Night Down in New Orleans at Egyptian Ella’s promises to be a fun and novel event laced with live upbeat jazz, the hippest emcee in town and a wonderful dining experience which has three versions in and around Durban from month-end July to month-end August.
The first shows are at The Prep Room at Glenwood Prep School on July 28 and 29. The event then moves to the Rhumbelow Theatre at Tina’s Hotel in Kloof on August 5 and 6 with the final show planned for the Islander Room at the Point Yacht Club in Durban on August 26 and 27. Continue reading
SHORTSTRAW’S new album, Those Meddling Kids, has been a year in the making. The Indie band has been releasing one single a month, with its own artwork and music video, since September 2016. It’s all rather old school for a band which has been topping the charts since its launch in 2007, writes ESTELLE SINKINS. Continue reading
Midnight Oil
Prime Circle, Freshlyground and The Graeme Watkins Project will be the guest artists for the much-anticipated Midnight Oil concert taking place at Marks Park in Emmarentia (Johannesburg) on Saturday, July 29. Continue reading
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