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A roundup of the weekend's gigs

What a great weekend of music. Well it was a bit more than that actually. It started on Wednesday evening with that Lister rooftop gig, I can't remember the name, something about the sky. Anyway I saw part of Us Kids Know's set, which was great and then Read More...

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 4:32 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Righard Kapp, Us Kids Know, Etran Finatawa, Hugh Masekela, Doroty Masuka, Joao Orrechia

R.I.P Miriam Makeba

Oh what a sad day. A South African music legend has passed on. Yes Miriam Makeba or Mama Africa as she is affectionately known, died in Italy on Sunday night. She collapsed once leaving the stage after she performed at a concert for Roberto Saviano, a Read More...

Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 12:48 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba

Hugh Masekela presents the Chisa years 1965 – 1975

So a few weeks after I had written those couple of posts about Hugh Masekela I found this great album at a second hand dealer I regularly frequent. (Regular readers should remember the posts I am talking about, if you want to read them scroll down, it Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 16, 2008 5:38 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Fela Kuti, Hugh Masekela, Letta Mbulu, Chisa Records

Global rhythms in Gauteng

ALL Photos COPYRIGHT: Lisa Skinner Last weekend myself and some friends caught a few gigs by some international superstars. Here are my thoughts accompanied by some great pictures by Lisa Skinner. Arts Alive: Eliades Ochoa and Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam Read More...

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 7:48 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: Salif Keita, Hugh Masekela, Buena Vista Social Club, Eliades Ochoa, Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam

Grazing in the grass: A great South African tune

So I realised that although I mentioned that Stan Plange and the Uhuruh Dance Band had covered Grazing in the grass on Vampisoul’s Highlife Time compilation, I have never actually written about this famous South African tune on Isolation.tv before. I Read More...

Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:04 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments

Filed under: Vampisoul, Hugh Masekela