Doc MacLean’s second African tour, “Cross Bones Blues,” finds him returning to many of the places he visited on his previous, “Zulu Skies” adventure. As if that Tour wasn’t big enough, Cross Bones includes nearly 50 shows. From the gala Tour launch at the Canadian High Commission to the massive OppiKoppi Festival, to theatres, cafes,…
We’re very happy to announce that we’ve added Pelagic Records to our roster for South Africa and Africa. “Founded in 2009 by THE OCEAN guitarist Robin Staps, Pelagic Records has become an increasingly vital outlet for modern progressive metal, post-metal and beyond “, ROCK-A-ROLLA wrote last year in their PELAGIC RECORDS label feature, and German…
It’s been a while since South Africa enjoyed that familiar rumble that shakes the ground whenever The Narrow are up to something. Lately, though, murmurs have been building into tremors, as rumours of new music and a new SA tour have begun to circulate… and not without good reason. The Narrow will indeed be releasing…
JamPacked Productions is a South African events company whose focus is bringing international music acts to the country. Currently, there are three music festivals in the pipeline which will run seven months apart over the course of 2018, with shows in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and – possibly – Durban. Most recently, in 2017, JamPacked…
Cape Town’s CRIMSON HOUSE have just released their brand new single TAKE A CHANCE. Take A Chance This is a festival love story, when two people meet in the moment they are feeling their best, when they are the best versions of themselves. They stand still in their tracks when their eyes meet, and they…
Local hard rock icons, The Narrow, announce September 15th as the release date of their fourth full-length album, “Dream of Perelandra”, along with a seven-stop nationwide tour. It’s been a while since South Africa enjoyed that familiar rumble that shakes the ground whenever The Narrow are up to something. Lately, though, murmurs have been building…
Savage Lucy is a Johannesburg based instrumental trio, formed in April 2011. Arranging dynamic movements of melodic phrasing in elegant cadences over eccentric rhythms, shadowed by darkly textured breakdowns, the trio create emotional and erotic soundscapes that leave audiences pleasantly aghast. Savage Lucy are made up of Austen Lewis on guitars, Steven Bosman on drums…
Written in November 2016 during a very challenging tour. 31 Gigs in 30 days over 17 Countries. Moving to Europe was hard. Some nights we spent in fancy hotels, other nights we slept in the back of our van cuddling car tyres and using XXL band merchandise T-Shirts for curtains. We spent most of our…
Plug Music Agency is very happy to announce that we have added Pelagic Records to our roster for South Africa and Africa. “Founded in 2009 by THE OCEAN guitarist Robin Staps, Pelagic Records has become an increasingly vital outlet for modern progressive metal, post-metal and beyond “, ROCK-A-ROLLA wrote last year in their PELAGIC RECORDS…
Doc is a weathered, wily, but infinitely likable storyteller/performer. Writing from the dark side of the blues highway, Doc’s distinctive vocals and bare fingers National guitar plot an intense, emotional remapping of contemporary Delta blues and roots music. Son of a civil rights lawyer and a fiddle player, MacLean was by his early teens playing…