Music Review: The Lumineers – Always Look On The Brightside, Or All Enjoying Where We Are

Dec 3, 2022 | chART

  By BRUCE DENNILL   The Lumineers: Brightside World Tour / SunBet Arena, Time Square, Pretoria   The Lumineers’ live performance is characterised by a high level of musicality – everyone’s a multi-instrumentalist, and they present the possibly unique...

Music Review: The Shabs Album Launch – Can You Hear Us At The Back?, Or Folk In Fine Fettle

May 6, 2019 | chART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL   The Shabs: Can You Hear Us At The Back Album Launch / Rumours Lounge, Strydom Park, Johannesburg   Regional music scenes tend to be pretty insular, so it’s refreshing when bands...

Awards: Seen And Heard – The Best Of 2014

Dec 22, 2014 | ARTiculate

By BRUCE DENNILL   The below music, literature, film and theatre may not have been created or originally released during 2014, but it was only at some point during this year that I was able to see it, hear it or read it. In all cases, I count myself lucky to have...

Concert Review: The Lumineers – Sincerely Yours, Or When Appetite Meets Ability

Dec 8, 2014 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   The Lumineers / Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, Emmarentia / 6 December   The roots music revival spearheaded – in commercial terms, anyway – by Mumford & Sons in recent years has bought with it an audience comprising, from some points...

Music Review: The Lumineers – The Lumineers, Or The Quiet Confidence Of Some Folk

Aug 16, 2014 | chART

By BRUCE DENNILL   The Lumineers’ music is, collectively, a slow grower. Once it’s under your skin, such a notion seems completely ridiculous, but up front, it takes a little while to find your groove as a new listener. Perhaps it’s because, as far as the roots...