Todays sees the release of The Ladder, the new album from South African progressive instrumental trinity Albinobeach. This is the bands second second full-length release after the improvisational, ensemble-driven Cacophonic (2015). Writing and recording for the album began in 2015-16, with the band’s founding members Ian Finch (guitars), Kalin Pashaliev (bass guitar) and Garrick Van…
RAMFEST are beyond excited to announce death metal giants The Black Dahlia Murder as headliners for the 2020 editions of the festival. The band will be headlining both the Cape Town (13th March 2020) and Pretoria (14th March 2020) events along with two reunion shows from South African rock royalty Van Coke Kartel. The diverse…
Manchester based music collective Oystercatcher have announced dates for their first South African tour. At its core are vocals and bass duo Caitlin Laing and Tom Chapman, but their philosophy is to make each live performance unique by constantly varying line-ups and arrangements. With a strong emphasis on songwriting as a duo this is always…
Sit The Folk Down, the Cape Town based promoters and event managers are happy to announce that they will be launching their new STFD Studios on the 1st September 2019. Jon Shaban and Kevin Ramage, owners and founders of Sit The Folk Down, have been longtime champions of the DIY ethic and this new venture…
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Join Sharon Katz & Nonhlanhla Wanda’s 25th Anniversary Creating Music Together Musician/humanitarian Sharon Katz (originally from Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and singer/teacher, Nonhlanhla Wanda (from Durban, South Africa) celebrate 25 years of worldwide touring and musical collaboration. Some of the celebration includes duo shows in South Africa with performances in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape…
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Cape Towns very own kings of Gypsy Jungle Music, Crimson House release their video and new single Jo Bounce today. The track sees them exploring new musical territories with a genre they’ve called ADM (Acoustic Dance Music) Vocalist/Guitarist Riaan Smit comments – “ADM is a style that Crimson House are experimenting with in where we…
Johannesburg based Indie-Folk band Sutherland release the video for their new single Just For You today. Directed by brothers Duncan and Alistair Errington and shot at various locations around Jozi. The main inspiration for the style of the video was using a Fargo editing scheme of split screens to make a visually stimulating video,…