Chrizane Geldenhuys2013-12-09The Brooklyn based folk-pop trio, Pearl and the Beard, has been making music since 2009, but it is only until a recent, perhaps fateful, discovery that Chrizane van Zyl fell in love with their music.
Henry Cloete2013-11-26"When I was a teenager, and I was feeling lonely or alienated, the thing that always made me feel safe and like I belonged somewhere was music. Songs can do that for people."
Henry Cloete2013-11-20"There's no need for anyone to hold back in life. If I hit a bad note, that's fine, it's just about enjoying the moment I'm in and being who I am, comfortable in my own skin."
Henry Cloete2013-11-20"Musiek is vir my ’n baie, baie diep en intieme plek, waar ek voel ek kan iets vir mense sê wat dalk iets in hulle harte kan verander, en selfs in my eie hart."
2013-11-19An award winning artist with an international CV spanning twenty albums, he is a powerful and accomplished performer either solo acoustic or with an electric trio
2013-11-19December 2013 sees singer songwriter Arno Carstens performing a series of unplugged shows in the Western and Eastern Cape backed by David Watkyns and Gus Warden.
Christopher Udemans2013-11-12“You probably haven’t heard of RQTN. The name is far from ubiquitous in South African musical circles. However, this regional anonymity is not due to a lack of talent. Far from it. It’s a matter of proximity. The one-man musical project hails from France, some 9 000 km away.”
Henry Cloete2013-11-12"In die States perform ouens nie as daar nie showers en catering en f***en blomme backstage is nie, maar jy kan dit nie verwag van Tannie Miem se Bistro in Aliwal-Noord nie! Jy sit in Afrika, baby, and this ain’t no place for sissies."
Henry Cloete2013-11-12"I'll look at him for a while, take a deep breath, and then tell him in a very confident, non-flippant voice: 'It's Three Chords and the Truth'."
2013-11-07“Ek het gevoel daar is nog nie regtig in ons land ’n huldeblyk-vertoning van Bob Dylan wat die talentvolle liedjieskrywer gestand doen nie. Dylan het so baie ongelooflike liedjies geskryf – waarvan baie liedjies nie eers bekend is nie.”
2013-11-07“Kerkorrel se aanprysing van PW Botha en die NP in hierdie konteks het ons laat besef dit is tyd vir die lied om in ’n moderne konteks voort te leef,” meen Die Skynmaagde. “Ons wou op soortgelyke wyse ons onvoorwaardelike liefde vir Jacob Zuma en die ANC aandui.”
Danie Botha2013-10-30Vol van kleure, aanskoulik, so energiek! Naas die musiek, sang, toneelspel, stralende verhooginkleding en verrassende geprojekteerde animasies is dit veral ’n opwindende dans- en bewegingskuns-ekstravaganza – ’n hoogtepunt in Kyla Thorburn se teaterloopbaan.
Henry Cloete2013-10-30"Sodra ’n man die pop-standaard lig en dit vir almal toeganklik maak, sal dit moeiliker raak vir ander popkunstenaars om gemors op die rakke te sit."