South African Music Magazine
Today sees the release of beloved local singer/songwriter Farryl Purkiss’ brand new album titled “Home” – a sentiment to all of his South African fans no doubt. The different and authentic nature of this album comes down to the fact that most of the songs for it were written while he was staying on his Read More »
The December Streets launch their debut album “This Is” next week with a nationwide tour following throughout August. Fans can finally have all the hits (“My Name”, “Fire Through The Window”, “Got That Feeling”, and more) all on one album. The band returned to the studio in April and May 2012, working once again with Read More »
The Cape Town Folk ‘n Acoustic Music Festival Saturday 10 December at CTICC, Cape Town 18 Top South African artists: Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, Brian Finch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Julie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin Minter, Louise Day, Tombstone Pete, Andrew James and Steady Tiger, John Ellis, Diesel Vanilla, Machineri, Read More »
Saturday 10 December at CTICC, Cape Town 18 Top South African artists: Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Rory Eliot, Brian Finch, Guy Buttery, Christine Weir and Julie Blundell, Janie Bay, Gavin Minter, Louise Day, Tombstone Pete, Andrew James and Steady Tiger, John Ellis, Diesel Vanilla, Machineri, Gary Thomas, Natasha Meister and Jack Mantis. Real Read More »
Sheer Sound’s imprint rock label, Seed, and their singer/songwriter division, 2 Feet, are merging to become one powerhouse local division for Sheer Sound The goal of 2 Feet Music has always been to expose a select range of extremely talented artists, such as Farryl Purkiss and Nibs van der Spuy, to the globe, where as Read More »
FARRYL PURKISS leaves his musical mark on 4th season of PRIVATE PRACTICE After a Major buzz earlier in the year from International Fans of the Hit TV show, Private Practice, South African fans will soon be hearing why South Africa’s most beloved Singer/Songwriter, Farryl Purkiss, has had his international fan base grow rapidly overnight thanks Read More »
I remember receiving Fink’s second album for review a few years back – it arrived along with his debut and was billed as something special, his first album already having attracted the necessary critical acclaim and creating the buzz of anticipation for his second. Released oddly on a label more aligned with electronic music, albeit Read More »
Out this week, 13 June 2011, is the SPECIAL EDITION of one Farryl Purkiss’ most successful albums to date, “Fruitbats & Crows”. Since the release of “Fruitbats & Crows”, the album has generated three major radio hit singles with “A Million Grains Of Sand”, “Kissing Devils On The Cheek” and “Creeping Up On Me” doing Read More »
Wow, wow and wow again. Farryl Purkiss is another one of those artists that I’ve heard lots about but never really paid too much attention to. Hey I like acoustic pop/rock as much as the next guy but it’s a genre that befalls too much blandness so it’s gotta offer something more to feature on Read More »
