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Jazz/Blues
To The Hills
Tristan Waterkeyn’s been around – born in Tanzania, moved to Kenya, then to Zimbabwe and then SA where he learned to play the guitar resulting in his debut solo album, Hay Day .
Afrikaans
Hoenderman
Kobus! was the power-rock SA duo formed initially in 2000 by Theo Crous (Nudies guitarist) and Francois Blom (ex-Voice of Destruction vocalist), here with a big track off their self-titled debut album .
Jazz/Blues
The Ballad Of Me And The Doctor
Some hip new Joburg blues from one of its troubadours off his new debut solo album, Too Early In The Journey .
Rock
Gypsy Boy
SA music legend Piet Botha and the Akkedis Band, Arthur and Rudolph Dennis and AJ Graham, have shared stages and jammed across Southern Africa resulting in their first joint album, One Night Only, recorded last winter and just released as The Lyzyrd Kyngs.
Jazz/Blues
Sibanisezwe
A track off Fox Hill Lane, this Kwazulu-Natal guitar wizard’s third album, beautifully textured with a whole array of instrumentation, all of these played by an equally impressive line up of established musicians.
Dance/House/Electro
Straight To The Hips
Warrick Sony unleashes his latest Kalahari Surfers’ album One Party State, featuring heavy dubstep style wobbly-bass-groove tracks and cut up voice samples.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Babhemi Ft. Sandile Ziqubu
A smoking hot track from this emerging artist off the popular album Special Rekwest .
Jazz/Blues
Undenzani
Mr J is Joel Martins who runs a small recording studio from his Cape home where he not only records his own creations, like The First Step , but also young aspiring artists from his local community.
Jazz/Blues
Inyandz Leyo
A great track off the debut album, Could It Be , from this all female jazz band from Durban.
Rock
Moontide
On their latest EP, World Among The Clouds , the band previously known as Nungarin has remolded their already unique and refreshing sound to produce a mixture of rock, tribal, african, and folk music.
Afrikaans
Babilon Blues
Some classic Afrikaans reggae from the SA music legend off his album, Niemandsland & Beyond!
Thandanani
This legendary SA singing trio formed in 1964 and is noted for its clear three-part harmonies, Mbaqanga township music and fast-paced mgqashiyo dancing, off the Afromagic collection.
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Pop
Red City
A new single off the album, Fireflies In The Rain, the debut solo album from one of South Africa’s leading electric cellists who is best known for her work with the Cape Town group CODA as well as with the groups Electro-Muse and Sterling Electric Quartet.
Dance/House/Electro
Once Upon A Dream
This hot new track is for all those who love deep house music and showcases the endless tricks and skills of Prolurv Charm’s house music production.
Rock
Die Heks Is Dood
One of the eleven new tracks specially recorded by this veteran SA artist inspired by his appearance in the recent spooky KykNET TV series Wie Lê Waar? off the album Spookpsalms.
Jazz/Blues
Blues With A Capital C
Terry Dean writes and plays his own brand of blues, rock and folk music on his latest album Blues with a Capital C , which was recorded live at a local festival and features guest musicians Dave Smith on keyboard, Davie Namonde on bass and Thapelo Monareng on drums.
Rock
Surrender
The brand new single from this dynamic rock band from Johannesburg.
Afrikaans
Donderwolke
The production of her debut solo album Secret Surprise saw Elzahn collaborating talents with acclaimed South African musicians such as Schalk Joubert, Kevin Gibson, Jesse Jordon, Louis Esterhuizen, Ramon Alexander and award winning mixing engineer David Langemann.
Jazz/Blues
Boom Straat
A song from the compilation Jazzing and Jiving – The Cape Town Sessions an eclectic trip through the traditional and modern landscape of Cape Jazz with the city’s finest musicians.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Green Eyes
On her album, Wonderful Life , this Cape-based songstress sings about the light and dark side of life, the undeniable relationship between these two opposites, and how we cannot exist without either of them.
Country/Folk
Beautiful Loser
A track from the highly rated Johannesburg Nu-Folk’ singer-songwriter off her third album Six Winters released through Rhythm Records.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Fallin
Mingus is a well respected figure in SA Hip Hop who gathered all his friends from Germany,Sweden, the U.S. and South America to contribute to Beneath The Underdog his highly jazz influenced debut album.
Rock
Valkenberg Shuffle
Prime rat instigator Jonathan Handley wrote the tracks for this album, Spooky Obsession inspired by a real incident. Handley can be heard on bass, drums, vocals, spoken monologue and harmonica.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Trust Me Girl
Some stirring and melodic R&B rap pop on the title track off the new debut album from emerging South Artist artist Sylvester.
Lyzyrd Kyngs album is now available
Lyzyrd Kyngs - One Night Only
Released: 16th March 2012
Tracks:
- When You Get To Heaven
- The Day The World Lost It’s Mind
- Rosie
- Children Of Africa
- Kalahari Sands 305
- Blues For Robert
- Gypsy Boy
- Skoor Met Die Dood
- Same Damn Blues
- Evangeline
Musicians:
- Piet Botha: vocals, guitar, harmonica
- Arthur Dennis: vocals, guitar
- Rudy Dennis: vocals, drums
- AJ Graham: bass
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Kwela For Mandela – Randy Rambo En Die Rough Riders (aka Die Naaimasjiene)
From 1001 South African Songs You Must Hear Before You Go Deaf
Kwela For Mandela – Randy Rambo En Die Rough Riders (aka Die Naaimasjiene) (Prisoner 46664 probably never heard this on its release)
Die Saai Lewe by Die Naaimasjiene
Randy Rambo sounds like a promiscuous machine gun toting all American hero, but he wasn’t, he was Theuns Engelbrecht, a disaffected Afrikaaner growing up during apartheid’s death throes. He and his Rough Riders recorded an album called ‘Die Saai Lewe’ which achieved the unique feat of being the only Afrikaans album to ever be banned in its entirety by the apartheid government. The album was re-released in 1997 but under the guise of Die Naaimasjiene, the group’s new name.
‘Kwela For Mandela’ was one of the tracks on this album and was performed live at the Houtstok Rokfees and sounds like The Aeroplanes recording in a township in the 80’s. It’s got that township bass that I have always imagined is what actually powers the minibus taxis, and the 80’s synthesizers and slightly off key vocals that give it a home cooked feel. There is also a lovely jazzy trumpet interlude.
Of course the lyrics were controversial at the time. No one with a white skin was allowed to give Mandela the time of day, let alone a whole kwela (despite the song not really being kwela), but Randy was prepared to break with tradition and the result was this little gem which, although it got zero attention from the mainstream, was an important building block in the growth of Afrikaans rock music.
by John Samson
Where to find it:
Houtstok Rockfees – Various Artists (LP, 1990), Gallo, HOUT1
Houtstok Rockfees – Various Artists (CD, 1998) Wildebeest, WILD013
Die Saai Lewe – Die Naaimasjiene (1997)
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Rock
Open
A track off Guitar Tunes the recent album from this acclaimed musician and composer accompanied by Prof Andrew Tracey of The Andrew Tracey Steelband.
Rock
Drive All Day
The new single from Summer Shade’s latest EP features a mixture of rock, tribal, African, folk and a whole lot more.
Afrikaans
Die Meisie Van De Aar
More Afrikaans Rock ‘N Tjank sounds from this singer-songwriter who is building a strong reputation for his incisive lyrics. This track is off his debut album My Hond Fanie.
Country/Folk
Coffee In The Rain
The new single from this five-piece folky group off their recent album Rhymes In The Attic.
Rock
Fire Still Burns
A track off this Johannesburg based singer-songwriter’s debut pop-rock solo album No Apologies .
Rock
Crossroads
This Storm Rekordz artist is a Malawian by origin, grew up in Zimbabwe and Mozambique and was selected to represented South Africa in Sweden at the Ethno Music Festival. This song is from the album Never Walk Alone .
Rock
Wage Your Wars
A new single off the Painting With Sound album from this Cape rock trio featuring Nelius Nortje, Jade Abbott and her booming bass, with Morné (Mojo) Barnardt on drums.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Hold Me Close
The first single from Ben Caesar, who will soon be launching his debut solo albumLe Tigra, an original and modern mix with insightful lyrics to express the theme of “the dynamic contrast between the grace and fierceness of the tiger”.
Rock
Raging Girl
This newly-released self-titled album by Pretoria-based rock outfit shows why they ruled the country’s rock stages for almost a decade with their progressive nu-metal live performances.
Country/Folk
Billboard Lights
A new single, and the title track off this emerging Cape-based female indie artist’s brilliant lo-fi album, Billboard Lights .
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
Blow My Mind
A song off the EP Now That I’ve Got A Girl by this emerging artist and independent singer-songwriter.
Mockingbird
A track off the Stellenbosch band’s latest album, Shed You Skin, inspired by bands like The Dead Weather, The Black Keys and The Kills.
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Jazz/Blues
Struggle
A song off the self-titled debut album featuring the smooth melodic Bosmont jazz of Isja on the Shifty Records anti-apartheid record label, which always provided a platform for independent SA music with a social message.
Pop
Daar’s n Vrou wat Wag
The debut album, Al’s Van Jou from this vibrant and enthusiastic singer, actor and in-demand MC is a not to be missed pop-tinged album filled with potential hit tracks.
Rock
Time Bomb
Still riding the wave of his Idols’ success, here’s Mark Haze and his rock band with a song from the album, Sober.
Country/Folk
Following a Shooting Star
On his debut album Feelings Out Of Sight, this old-school countryish musician still plays his Yamaha FG180 from the sixties on some of the songs he has written over the years.
Jazz/Blues
Elvis Presley Blues
Some downbeat blues from the enigmatic troubadour from Jozi off his debut solo album, Too Early In The Journey.
Wolwedans
Young, gorgeous and gifted. This describes the talented Lara Frances in a nutshell. Her new album, Little Rendition, is a delicious mixture of nu-folkish pop with the merest hint of rock.
David Bowie’s 2002 Predictions About Music are Pretty Close | TheNextWeb
Music itself is going to become like running water or electricity. So it’s like, just take advantage of these last few years because none of this is ever going to happen again. You’d better be prepared for doing a lot of touring because that’s really the only unique situation that’s going to be left. It’s terribly exciting. But on the other hand it doesn’t matter if you think it’s exciting or not; it’s what’s going to happen. – David Bowie
via David Bowie’s 2002 Predictions About Music are Pretty Close.
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Latest Free Music from Channel 24
Kings Music
A track from the reggae master off Afromagic, a spellbinding feast of magical African music showcasing the best artists on the African continent.
Touchy Touchy
First single off In You Go, the debut album by Card On Spokes – the solo electronica/hip hop/afrikaans/instrumental project of Cape Town based musician and producer Shane Cooper.
One for the boys
Brighter Than The Sun is the debut six-track EP from this talented young Cape artist who began building his skills as a lapslide guitarist which has now become his signature instrument.
Wolwedans
Young, gorgeous and gifted. This describes the talented Lara Frances in a nutshell. Her new album, Little Rendition, is a delicious mixture of nu-folkish pop with the merest hint of rock.
Shed Your Skin
This first single and title track off the Stellenbosch rockers’ new second album, topped 5fm’s local rock chart.
Don Wanna Go to Work
A hip hop artist, songwriter, singer, and record producer from KZN whose newly-released Durban Kings album rocks the house with pumping sounds and great beats.
Love Sweet Dreams
There’s a lot of interest around this new trio and their excellent 100% independent debut album Painting With Sound.
100 000 Keer
Pieter Smit and Ben van Zyl, two young musicians from Pretoria, combine their talents on this impressive English and Afrikaans album When This Whistle Blows.
Not About You
This radio-friendly, catchy and infectious love song is off the new album Breathing Dreams, on which he composed, produced and recorded 16 beautifully crafted, unique, brand-new Rock/Pop songs.
Emoticon Breakdown
Simply Dead is Toast Coetzer, Jane Breetzke and Jon Savage. The band formed in Cape Town in 2011 and have just released their first album, Emoticon Breakdown.
Did You Ever See A Kudu Cry
From the album Wild and Beautiful and Free, an album about the conservation of our wild creatures, from the rhinoceros to the blue whale, together with environments such as our natural forests.
All Apaches To The Snow
Some typically A-grade indie folk-rock from the Johannesburg musician’s recent album, Skinny Girls Are Trouble.
‘Searching For Sugar Man’ To Open 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
‘Searching For Sugar Man’, a new documentary about Rodriguez by Swedish film director, Malik Bendjelloul, will be one of the three opening films at next week’s 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
The film will have its international premiere next Thursday 19th January, at the Sundance Festival as a representative of the World Documentary section of the Festival.
‘Searching For Sugar Man’ was completed over the past three years and was filmed in Cape Town and Detroit, and other South African and US locations.
More Info:
http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120073/searching_for_sugar_man
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047898
http://collider.com/sundance-2012-film-competition-line-up/129488/#more-129488 – Searching for Sugar Man / Denmark, United Kingdom (Director: Malik Bendjelloul) — Rodriguez was the greatest ‘70s US rock icon who never was. Hailed as the greatest recording artist of his generation he disappeared into oblivion – rising again from the ashes in a completely different context many miles away. World Premiere. Day One Film.
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World Music
Did You Ever See A Kudu Cry
From the album Wild and Beautiful and Free, an album about the conservation of our wild creatures, from the rhinoceros to the blue whale, together with environments such as our natural forests.
Rock
All Apaches To The Snow
Some typically A-grade indie folk-rock from the Johannesburg musician’s recent album, Skinny Girls Are Trouble.
Rock
All These Foolish Things (I’ve Said)
A track from this highly-rated SA rock band off their debut album Tunnel Vision which was nominated for a Best Alternative Album: English SAMA.
R&B/Soul/Hip Hop
McDonalds
First single off his debut album, Life &Death from this hip hop artist whose inspiration is American rapper 2Pac.
Pop
Alive
The video for this new talented vocalist’s big hit off her debut album, Undiscovered was filmed at Silverstar Casino.
Rock
Anna Paquin
The Brothers Streep are an acoustic comedy band from Cape Town who gained international exposure when they were Skyped on BBC 1′s The Graham Norton Show to perform this track off their album, Suitable For The Whole Family.
Jazz/Blues
Knowers Ark
A track off the debut album As Above So Below from this innovative and acclaimed Cape Town jazz saxophonist.
Rock
Maybe Baby
First single off this new band’s long awaited debut album Nine Lives - these 12 foot-stomping, skirt-lifting, sister-kissing rock ‘n roll / rockabilly songs will have you up on your feet and dancing in no time.
Rock
Out of Rock
Putting the roll back into rock, Blackstoneradio combines back-leaning riffs with addictive vocal melodies by fusing 90s hard-rock with old school, classic rock.
Rock
Wanpersepsie
The Bloemfontein band who were the unanimous winners of a recent Rockspaaider competition with a new track off their debut album My Identiteit.
Dance/House/Electro
Control (Richard the Third Remix)
Produced with a harder, side-chain synth approach, its designed for the peak-hour dancefloor.
Rock
Sideways Lover
Putting the roll back into rock, Blackstoneradio combines back-leaning riffs with addictive vocal melodies by fusing 90s hard-rock with old school, classic rock.
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Latest Free Music from SAmp3 and Channel 24
Maybe Baby
First single off this new band’s long awaited debut album Nine Lives - these 12 foot-stomping, skirt-lifting, sister-kissing rock ‘n roll / rockabilly songs will have you up on your feet and dancing in no time.
Out of Rock
Putting the roll back into rock, Blackstoneradio combines back-leaning riffs with addictive vocal melodies by fusing 90s hard-rock with old school, classic rock.
Wanpersepsie
The Bloemfontein band who were the unanimous winners of a recent Rockspaaider competition with a new track off their debut album My Identiteit.
Control (Richard the Third Remix)
Produced with a harder, side-chain synth approach, its designed for the peak-hour dancefloor.
Sideways Lover
Putting the roll back into rock, Blackstoneradio combines back-leaning riffs with addictive vocal melodies by fusing 90s hard-rock with old school, classic rock.
Somer Is Op Ons
Huis Najaar, a 5-piece Afrikaans rock outfit from PE, have been described by Van Coke Kartel as “somewhere between Jax Panik and Die Heuwels Fantasties”.
Met My Hart en Siel
The title track off this ex-Idols finalist’s long awaited Afrikaans album, which boasts twelve original catchy songs and styles which vary from jazz and contemporary, to rock and pop.
Jimmy The Lonesome
A new track off this amazing group’s second studio album, containing a total of 16 songs and featuring an eclectic mix of acoustic, country, rock and roll and blues.
Hamba Kahle Mkhonto
Some stirring sounds from this wonderful choir off their Freedom Songs collection on the African Cream label.
I Long To Know
This emotive Gospel hip-hop music draws from the scriptures for the underlying basis and inspiration to the lyrical styleand content of Worshiphop songs.
The Rescu: New SA band great reviews and upcoming gig dates.
The Rescu
“It was the first time I’ve watched them live and man, it’s not a lie
when Ard Matthews (Just Jinjer) and Marco Gomes (Prime Circle) say
that these guys are the next big thing in South Africa. They are tight
and their passion for making good music really shows up in their warm
and killer stage presence.”
The Rescu uplifts!
The Rescu released their debut album in August and has received great reviews up to date, complimenting the band as a new SA Rock act to look out for. Evan Milton commented in his article in Weekend Argus: “The Rescu have announced their arrival on the South African music scene with a definitive debut and a much more rounded package than many brand new bands.” Claire Martens from MusicReview.co.za commented “For a trio, they certainly know how to fill the speakers” and Jana van Heerden noted in her review on Artslink.co.za “There is no doubt that The Rescu is a solid band with a successful career ahead.”
The band drew their inspiration for the songs from various elements and life experiences. Their genuine and heartfelt love for South Africa and its people inspired many of the tracks. The band name expresses their desire for something relevant, something needed, something out of the ordinary; something that happens to be in the right place at the right time.
“As a band, we like the idea of getting people excited, being positive and focusing on the good stuff that life has to offer. Our performance as a band is an integral part of conveying a message of hope. We put a lot of effort into our live shows, we work hard at keeping the energy up and offering something special to the audience. We are all about bringing the rock and roll to every performance, having fun doing it and just letting the music say what it has to say. At the end of the day, our music is designed to inspire, to lift up. It`s about the triumph of the human spirit and its connection to the spiritual and physical world we live in.”
To date, The Rescu have performed with some of the biggest names on the SA music circuit, sharing the stage with Just Jinjer, Arno Carstens, Prime Circle, Foto na Dans and The Dirty Skirts. These performances, as well as the many smaller shows played by the band have given them the street cred they require to hold their own at any level of live performance.
Catch The Rescu live in November:
23rd November: &Union, Breestreet, Cape Town 8pm, free
26th November: Synergy Live, Main Stage, 3pm www.synergylive.co.za
27th November: V&A Waterfront with Prime Circle, 6pm, free
Website: www.therescu.com
Twitter: @therescuband
Facebook: www.facebook.com/therescuband.
Album available to download from Rhythm Music Store
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Download Minutes To Midnight by Chris Chameleon
Chris Chameleon’s brand new digital single Minutes To Midnight is available for download from RhythmMusicStore.com.
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Other popular titles by Chris Chameleon include As Jy Weer Skryf and Kyk Hoe Lyk Ons Nou. You might also enjoy Mystic Myle 1988-2005 by Valiant Swart, Wonderful Life by Luna Paige and Dutch Courage by aKING.
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Latest Free Music
Eventually
New single off the acclaimed comeback album, WITHIN, from the former vocalist for the ’80′s SA band Elamental.
Wa Wa Main Switch (Power Failure)
The title track off this album that features Township songs at their finest sung in seSotho andisiZulu with some wonderful messages.
Boer Se Nie Jammer Nie
Koos Kombuis described Malan as “the prophet of our times” and “a one-man cultural revolution” and said the songs on his “Alien Inboorling” were likely to force Afrikaners to “question everything we thought we knew about ourselves.”
Gatskop Blues
A track off “Geskroef!” An Afrikaans Blues album whose theme is the trials and tribulations endured by the nowdisadvantaged people of South Africa and it is set against the backdrop of the social and political issues of this country.
Liefde Soldaat
Adam is a dynamic and original male singing group and this track is about always being prepared to fight for the one you love.
Vir Almal
VCK’s first single was released for free download, even before the 2011 album was properly finished.
Six Winters
Lovely first single and title track off the new album from the acclaimed Johannesburg singer-songwriter Laurie Levine’s third album “Six Winters” has just been released through Rhythm Records.Laurie’s blend of American roots music and the ‘Nu-Folk’ sound has earned her critical acclaim and a growing audience.
Blacks R Fools
Skwatta Kamp’s legendary MC with an unabashedly political rap off his new album ‘Slikour Ventilation Volume 3’
Bach’s Kittens At Play
Sterling “Electric Quartet” has taken the South African entertainment industry by storm with their album, Nova,and their genre-defying musical style and sensational live performance.
Taking my Heart With You
The Cape Town rock band that features Idols contestant Mark Haze with a song off their new 6-track self-titled album.
Mors
The video for this new single off this emerging artist’s debut album, ‘Ongevraagde Hello‘, is the first of his string of video hits to be filmed in HD.
Bout To Blow
Some stirring and melodic R&B rap pop on this, the title track off the new debut album, from this emerging South Artist artist.
Lesley Rae Dowling’s debut album from 1981 now available to download
Lesley Rae Dowling - Digital re-issue
Tracks:
- The Spaniard
- Grips Of Emotion
- The Raven
- Somethin’ Goin’ On
- You
- Young Lochnivar
- Mama’s Leaving
- Oh, My Love
- Morocco
- Lady
- Sophistication
Release information:
1981, Warner Brothers Records, WBC 9020
2006, Fresh Music, freshcd149 (2LPs on 1 CD, with Unravished Brides)
2011, Next Music, digital re-issue
Review from SA Rock Digest #94, February 2001
The little lady with the big voice seemed to come out of nowhere, bursting on the radio in late 1981 with the powerful ‘Grips of Emotion’. The strength of this debut single meant that the album was one of the most eagerly anticipated on the local scene for a while. The final product simply entitled ‘Lesley Rae Dowling’ did not disappoint.
Masterfully produced by none other than Tully McCully, the album offered up 10 further tracks of the sultry, sexy rock that had made ‘Grips..’ so exciting. Dowling’s strong alto tones entwine themselves around the tight guitar playing of McCully, jostle for attention next to some slick guitar solo’s from the omnipresent Jethro Butow, or weave there way around her own well crafted keyboard playing.
She’s angry and seductive, reflective and mystical. She sings of the exotic (‘The Spaniard’ & ‘Morroco’) of the gothic (‘The Raven’) and the erotic (‘Grips of Emotion’). At times the album so sexually charged the album is almost a substitute for foreplay, yet she was somewhat of a recluse, seeming to shy away from public life. This was at odds with the strength of her voice and the upfrontness of her songs.
This must rank as one of the best debut albums by a South African artist, strong gutsy vocals coiled around a tightly produced backdrop of hard edged rock guitar and piano. The album is summed up in the title of the bluesy final track ‘Sophistication’.
John Samson, February 2001
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