Oct 9, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Sam McTrusty. What a fantastic surname that is. And the Twin Atlantic singer lives up to the gist of it when he comes on the line for a phone interview, apologising earnestly for a glitch on the conference call line in an earlier slot (which...
Oct 4, 2016 | ARTicle
Durban, wedged up against the east coast of South Africa, is the dirtiest, strangest, most violent place I’ve ever lived. It’s the soul of South Africa. A sweaty one-night stand of a city where anything goes and the warm Indian Ocean washes all your sins out to sea...
Sep 11, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Carte: Loads of beautifully prepared meat – farmers in the area have been supplying the stuff since the governor at the Cape Colony was ordering it, so no surprises, there Smart: The décor and surroundings are wonderfully elegant, but if you’re...
Sep 1, 2016 | ARTicle
He heard David’s shoes on the tiles walking towards him. All he could see were David’s black, highly polished, leather shoes. He wondered how David got them that shiny. ‘Are you listening?’ David asked. ‘I’m listening,’ Andre mumbled, but his eyes...
Jun 7, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL We Are Messengers frontman (and proud Irishman; his brogue is so rich it takes up extra bandwidth on the intercontinental interview call) Darren Mulligan, now resident in Nashville getting on with the business of running a successful CCM band...
Apr 8, 2016 | ARTicle
By BRUCE DENNILL Other than a cup of what is presumably coffee, Josh Groban makes no concessions to fatigue after a full day’s travel from Los Angeles, via Heathrow, to Johannesburg. His chatty, friendly stage persona is shown to be an extension of his...
