South African Music Magazine
Multi-platinum rock band Daughtry will debut its new single “Outta My Head” during the March 15 episode of Fox’s American Idol. It is the third single off of the band’s critically acclaimed third album, Break The Spell, and the follow-up to the album’s previous chart-climbing hits “Crawling Back To You” and “Renegade”. Daughtry is also Read More »
The Woodmill market, situated just outside Stellenbosch offers fresh, handpicked food, drinks and many more of your heart’s desires. The market, brainchild of Steinhoff Properties, takes place every Friday night and offers a lovely get-together for family and friends to end each week. This year, US Woordfees will have two events taking place at the Read More »
Aspiring guitarists and singers are invited to participate in two very special workshops over the weekend, presented by Paul Bothner Music, as part of the annual Big Blues Music Festival in Kleinmond 2-3 March 2012. Both workshops are free of charge, and will take place on Saturday 3 March 2012 at The Harbour Shed. Charlie Read More »
Internationally acclaimed troubadour Vusi ‘The Voice’ Mahlasela celebrates 20 years as a recording artist this year. It’s been two decades since the release of his now iconic debut album ‘When You Come Back’ on the Shifty Records label, and Vusi has gone on to release a further seven albums. His most recent album ‘Say Africa’ Read More »
TC Electronic announces four new TonePrints created by Harry McVeigh (guitar) and Charles Cave (bass) of the chart-topping UK indie rock band White Lies. Harry McVeigh has designed two personal TonePrints – one for Flashback Delay and another for Hall of Fame Reverb. Harry wanted to create a grand, lush-sounding reverb for his Hall of Read More »
Fire Through the Window are a cute little indie band hailing from Durban, who have stuck it out besides the toughness of the local music scene. Their happy-go-lucky tunes have you humming along in no time, and have featured on some top commercials including 8ta and an Apple iPod Nano TV campaign. This year sees Read More »
It’s been almost 3 years since the release of Mann Friday’s “Waiting For The Flash” album and the last time fans saw them live in SA was for their 2009 Waiting For The Flash tour which saw them headline Splashy Fen’s Sunday lineup and performing some shows with Cassette. Then, as usual, they hopped on Read More »
“Expect riffs, sweat and beers so tasty…” In Flames are dead. Finished. Buried. That’s what the critics said after founding member Jesper Strömblad departed in 2010 and the less-than-memorable impression that 2008’s A Sense of Purpose left on the metal world. Rising from the ashes However, the Swedish metallers didn’t quite tap out. Rather than Read More »
In anticipation of Albert Frost’s appearance at next week’s ‘Big Blues festival’, we asked the man with the killer guitar a question or two. The man who makes other local Blues-rockers sound about as inspired as Kenny G missing a harp, was nice enough to share some moments with us. Humble experiences like opening for Read More »
Rite Of Passage Records has just signed Johannesburg, South African based Truth And Its Burden. The band‘s new album ‘Choices’ is set to be released on May 22nd through Rite Of Passage. “The main idea behind ‘Choices’ is pretty simple;” stated vocalist Ashley De Beer. “Making choices that reflect clear consideration for dreams and aspirations, Read More »
