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Music Interview: Sibusiso Mashiloane – Downbeat Dances, Or Uniqueness, Again

By BRUCE DENNILL Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane has a Masters in Jazz Performance and graduated Cum Laude from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His latest album Amanzi Nemifula: Umkhuleko is a continuation of his previous projects, featuring rearranged and reworked songs both...

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Music Interview: Luka 120 – Hip Hop Gospel, Or Going Mega In Monaco

By BRUCE DENNILL South African singer Luka 120 recently released a single, produced by DJ Mapitlo, called God Heal Africa. The single is part of a Christian collection called God's Son, ahead of another new EP titled Strong Black Man...

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Music Interview: Jann Klose – Pilot Light, Or Prince Of Storytelling

By BRUCE DENNILL Award-winning artist Jann Klose’s new single and music video Pilot Light has passed 1,000,000 views on YouTube. The video was shot during lockdown after the passing of Jann’s manager Gary Salzman from Covid-19 related illness. Jann asked...

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Author Interview: David Mitchell – Utopia Avenue, Or Psychedelic Psojourn

By BRUCE DENNILL David Mitchell's (Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks) new novel, Utopia Avenue, introduces readers to four talented musicians - singer Elf Holloway, bassist Dean Moss, guitarist Jasper de Zoet and drummer Griff Griffin - brought together in the...

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Music Interview: Jarrad Ricketts – Midnight Missive, Or A Creative Comfort

By BRUCE DENNILL Jarrad Ricketts won acclaim with his SAMA-nominated debut album Break The Rules. Now, he is bringing a message of hope with his first gospel single release entitled You Are Lord. What started out as Jarrad’s midnight prayer,...

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Music Interview: Vinnie Vidal – Classical Style, Or Versed In Vibe

By BRUCE DENNILL Vinnie Vidal, from Baghdad, is a singer, songwriter and composer who has produced multiple singles, gaining momentum with his unique sound and versatility, adding integrating jazzy instrumentals and other imaginative sounds to hip hop. Vidal started his...

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Music Interview: Alexa Ray – Begin Again, Or A Soundtrack To Starting Over

By BRUCE DENNILL Singer-songwriter Alexa Ray recently released her new single, Begin Again, ahead of a new album, Fearless due in September 2020. “I think we all fantasise about being able to turn back the clock or push a reset...

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Music Interview: Dave Starke – Shifting Boundaries, Or Taylor-Made

By BRUCE DENNILL Dave Starke is a South African singer-songwriter who strives to capture human moments in musical form – to sum up a whole host of thoughts and emotions using just his voice and a guitar. He describes a guitar...

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Music Interview: Josh Middleton – Caught Up, Or Juggling Conversations

By BRUCE DENNILL Josh Middleton recently released his single Caught Up, ahead of the release of new album A Mild Case of Insomnia, to be released later this year. Middleton wrote and produced Caught Up with producer Crighton Goodwill of...

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Music Interview: Mike Scott – Careful Chemistry, Or An Eye On The Whole Of The Tune

By BRUCE DENNILL The Waterboys are playing shows at the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town and at Casalinga in Johannesburg as part of their first South African tour. The band has been around in one form or another since...

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Music Review: Doc MacLean – Pick And Blues, Or On Parr With Friends

By BRUCE DENNILL Doc MacLean – N’ganga Blues Tour / Frank’s Wild Years, Norwood, Johannesburg Delta bluesman Doc MacLean has an air of mystery about him, with his profile built on extensive touring – this Johannesburg date was one...

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Music Interview: Christian Heath – Here I Am, Or Into The Stream

By BRUCE DENNILL Singer-songwriter Christian Heath has a new album out - Here I Am. “Influence” is a loaded, often misunderstood concept. An artist may sound similar to another but have no knowledge of them, or be a...

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Music Interview: Doc Maclean – Out Of The Blues, Or All We Hear Is Radio N’Ganga

By BRUCE DENNILL Doc MacLean is touring South Africa again with his N'ganga Blues Tour, and the bluesman is living up to his touring slogan: "No venue too large, too small, too grand or too humble," playing everywhere Kaapsehoop to...

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Music Review: Anna Wolf – What’s In The Woods, Or Lupining For The Hordes

By BRUCE DENNILL Anna Wolf: What’s In The Woods Tour / Auto & General Theatre On The Square, Sandton, Johannesburg Pretoria-raised Melanie Le Roux’s career took off in South Africa under the stage name Tailor and has now...

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Music Interview: Caroline Leisegang – My Body Of Preludes: Keys To Success, Or Enjoying The Richter Scales

By BRUCE DENNILL Composer Caroline Leisegang released her new album, My Body Of Preludes, on August 2. “Influence” is a loaded, often misunderstood concept. An artist may sound similar to another but have no knowledge of them, or be a...

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Music Interview: PHFat – Sex, Love And Heartbreak, Or Aspects Of Love (But Not That One)

By BRUCE DENNILL “Influence” is a loaded, often misunderstood concept. An artist may sound similar to another but have no knowledge of them, or be a superfan of someone whose output is completely different to their own. Who or...

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Music Interview: Werner Bekker – Songs And Storytelling, Or A Broken Man Under Construction

By BRUCE DENNILL Werner Bekker will appear as part of the Parklife Gourmet Food & Music Festival on 9 August at the Emmarentia Botanical Garden. Tickets are available now. His new EP, Parts Of A Broken Man, is out...

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Opinion – What It’s Like To Make Music In 2019, Or Art With The Past And In With The Present

By JOHN ELLIS I have regular conversations with musicians and people currently involved in the business of making music. The people I talk to who are my age are mostly bewildered, while younger musicians or those even younger, like...

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Music Interview: Michael Buble – Learning From Life, Or Living To Love

By ALLISON KUGEL Michael Buble’s first order of business when we began our conversation was to immediately put me at ease around his celebrity. The multi-Grammy and multi-Juno Award-winning singer, who has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide...

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Music Interview: Schalk Joubert – Jazz In The Quad, Or In Woordfees And Deed

By LINY KRUGER Jazz in the Quad at the US Woordfees / 9 March, 21h30 / Visuele Kunste Vierkant, Stellenbosch / Tickets at Computicket Schalk Joubert & band, featuring Sima Mashazi / Schalk Joubert (bass), Mauritz Lotz (guitar), Kevin Gibson...

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Music Interview: Guitar Wizards – Anything Acoustic, Or Kings Of Six Strings

By BRUCE DENNILL Guitar Wizards, running at Joburg Theatre from 28 Feb to 2 March, features genre-busting classical guitar duo CH2 and Polish sensation Marcin Patrzalek playing their intricate and explosive brands of fingerstyle guitar. Book here. Fingerstyle guitar,...

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Opinion: On The Importance Of Musicing, Or Working With The Indefinable

By HERMAN THERON When I told my parents that I would like to study music after school, they told me that, though they know I sing very well, I should rather pursue a career that has the potential to...

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Music Interview: Paula Abdul – Straight Up Revived, Or Dancing To A New Beat

By ALLISON KUGEL On October 3 2018, Paula Abdul hit the road on her North American tour; a tour that’s been more than 25 years in the making, since her 1992 Under My Spell tour which grossed $60 million in...

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Music Review: A Celebration Of Bra Hugh Masekela – Avoiding Hugh-Bris, Or Tales, Tunes And Talent

By BRUCE DENNILL A Celebration Of Bra Hugh Masekela / Directed by Makhaola Ndebele / The Mandela, Joburg Theatre, Braamfontein, Johannesburg 8 There is no reasonable argument against the staging of a musical tribute to the late Hugh...

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Interview: Stone Jets – Growing On The Fly, Or Of Melodies And Motivation

By BRUCE DENNILL Singer Given Nkanyane, guitarist Manfred Klose and drummer Eduan Joubert are Stone Jets, a Cape Town band that sounds like a Cape Town band. By that, it is meant that there is are the mbaqanga guitar...

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Interview: Keith Hutchinson – Restless Resourcefulness, Or Six Degrees Of Syncopation

By BRUCE DENNILL Keith Hutchinson comes out to greet me in a Festival International de Jazz de Montreal 1988 T-shirt. He notices me looking at the vintage logo. “I was there,” he shrugs. It’s the sort of thing, once...

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Guest Blog: Edith Piaf – The Little Sparrow, Or Survival Via Intensity

By NIAMH O'DONNOVAN Perhaps France's greatest popular singer of all time, Edith Piaf is remembered by most for classics such as La Vie En Rose and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, songs most street musicians have covered, in French or...

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