South African Music Magazine
DEEP PURPLE’S JON LORD sadly passed away earlier last month at the age of 73 from Cancer. Lord who played keyboard and co-founded the band in 1968 also wrote many of their famous songs, including Smoke On The Water. Tributes have been paid by several musicians and bands, including Joe Satriani, Iron Maiden, Anthrax and Read More »
Tomorrow sees the release and first launch of the new LARK album, GONG IS STRUCK, at Trinity in Cape Town. The album, which took two years to complete and is written by Inge Beckmann and produced by Paul Rez, is the band’s third studio album. GONG IS STRUCK, the name which was inspired by a Read More »
July 2012 sees the release of the new LARK album, GONG IS STRUCK with the diva-of-dark, Inge Beckmann back with her cohorts, Simon ‘Fuzzy’ Ratcliffe, Paul Ressel and Sean Ou Tim. The glam-electronica foursome is back with a harder, vicious, intense sound that strips the mercantile-skin right off of the masses! The sound is progressive, edgy Read More »
The Woodmill Indoor Market presents Bob & Sop an intimate, unique show that pays tribute to all the great Bobs of the music world – Dylan, Seger, Johnson & Marley. The backbone of the show is an all-star band consisting of Dale Collins, Basson Laubscher, Jacques Steyn and Simon Orange. Stemming from the ranks of some Read More »
For a rock band, the five Diego surfers that make Switchfoot are quite a moral bunch. A first listen to their distortion guitars and surf-punk chants, Christian-orientated wouldn’t be your first guess. A second might. But unlike most bands of that breed, they somehow manage to not irritate your soul with their personal beliefs. Rather, Read More »
MR CAT & THE JACKAL is back for performances in Cape Town after winning the MK Award for Best Animation / SFX for their video Bad Man He Comin’ on the 23rd of March. MR CAT & THE JACKAL to perform at The Dirty Bounce Manifesto! Friday / 13 April 2012 / Klein Libertas Theatre Read More »
Mr Cat & The Jackal have been nominated for two MK Awards, Beste Nuweling (although they have been together for 5 years) with ‘The Devil always want’s to dance’ and Beste SFX / Animation with ‘Bad man he comin’. The public decides who wins the awards. No panel. So if you are fan be sure Read More »
