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Africa's musical boots: The inaugural Fifa Kick-Off Concert may have been embroiled in controversy ever since the initial line-up was announced but there is no doubt that it brought the cream of Africa's musical talent to Johannesburg albeit for one night only. In the build-up Read More...; Posted Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:22 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Blk Jks, Feature, Tinariwen, Hugh Masekela, Amadou & Mariam
The future of Tuareg rock: Tinariwen may not be a household name yet, but their rise to cultural prominence has had a major effect on the Tuareg people. When this band of former rebel warriors laid down their guns to pick up guitars they placed the Tuareg people on the cultural Read More...; Posted Thursday, June 03, 2010 4:00 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Tinariwen, Etran Finatawa, Terakaft, Group Bombino, Group Inerane, Tamikrest
Dread, beat and blood: The Warrick Sony Interview: Warrick Sony doesn't mince his words -- a characteristic that resulted in his music being banned by the apartheid state in the 1980s. Whether it was the The Last Kick/ One Verwoed in the Grave , with its great chorus -- "This is the last kick of a dying Read More...; Posted Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:16 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Tricky, Warrick Sony
Kaapstad Slaapstad - Welcome to the world of Mavis Vermaak: Plagued by self-doubt and insecurity, it becomes quite clear while chatting to Riana Wiechers about her musical alter ego, Mavis Vermaak, that we are lucky to have her debut EP at all. Lucky indeed for the five tracks that make up Wiechers' new record, Read More...; Posted Monday, April 19, 2010 5:47 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Buckfever Underground, Portishead, Mavis Vermaak
The Final Melody: Ali & Toumani: It was a sad day for African music when Ali Farka Touré died on March 7 2006, four months before his final solo album, Savane , was set to hit the shelves. Savane was the third and final part of producer Nick Gold's Hotel Mandé Sessions, which had produced Read More...; Posted Monday, April 19, 2010 5:41 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Feature, Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabaté, Buena Vista Social Club
Reflective beats: The Jacob Israel Interview: Pretoria's electro wunderkind, Jacob Israel, has been on the scene now for a few years, having released two stellar collections of work -- the first, 2005's My Paper Nautilus , is an album of experimental electronica, the second, Birthright , is a harder, Read More...; Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:14 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Jacob Israel
Independent and irie: The Tidal Waves Interview: Beginning with an Afrobeat stomp, Tidal Waves' fifth album, Manifesto , is a powerhouse album from South Africa's finest reggae band. Happy Man , the opening song, is such a bolt of sunshine that it can't help but win you over with its cheery disposition Read More...; Posted Wednesday, March 03, 2010 4:07 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: SA Bands, Tidal Waves, Interview, Feature
Taking the desert to the people: Interview with Etran Finatawa: Simple logic may suggest that a group of nomads would make the perfect touring rock band, given that their customary lifestyle dictates that they are constantly on the move. But their current routine is quite an ordeal for the members of Niger's Etran Read More...; Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:16 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Feature, Tinariwen, Robert Plant, Ali Farka Touré, Etran Finatawa, Johnny Clegg
Africa Unite: 'It's all about fair trade," says Percy Yip Tong, a Mauritian record-label owner and festival director who attended South Africa's annual Moshito music conference last week. "We talk about fair trade in coffee and bananas -- we must have fair trade for Read More...; Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 3:58 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Feature, Equation Musique, Moshito
Black Moon Rising: Some things are worth waiting for. It may have taken the BLK JKS four years to deliver their debut album, but After Robots (scheduled for release on September 1 on Just Music) is probably the most important South African album to have appeared in the Read More...; Posted Monday, September 07, 2009 3:48 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Reviews, Interview, Blk Jks, Feature
Some bands are louder than others: If you had to sum up Johannesburg instrumental band Tale of the Son in one word, that word would be relentless. This is not noise for noise's sake. In fact, it's anything but. Tale of the Son delicately craft their noise, guitar riff after guitar riff Read More...; Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 1:17 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tale of the Son, Deconstruction
Elegantly Wasted: The Black Hotels: With a well-received EP under their belts, Johannesburg's Black Hotels hit the studio late last year to record their debut album. With a new drummer and keyboardist in tow, the resultant Films for the Next Century , which the band has released independently, Read More...; Posted Monday, June 08, 2009 12:42 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Black Hotels
Death Disco: The KOOS reissues: A place where poetry and theatre meets noise. That was the original vision for South Africa's long-lost post-punk band KOOS, formed in 1986 by conceptual artist Neil Goedhals and actor Marcel van Heerden. They were joined in their quest by actors Gys Read More...; Posted Monday, March 16, 2009 4:26 PM by Lloyd | 7 Comments
Filed under: CD, SA Bands, Interview, Feature, Battery 9, Righard Kapp, Koos
Darkness on the edge of town: The Fink interview: Ninja Tune is not the kind of label you would expect to find an intimate singer/songwriter bearing his soul, but Fink is not your average singer/songwriter. Coming from a background in house, acid jazz and hip hop, Fink brings something new to the acoustic Read More...; Posted Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:39 PM by Lloyd | 2 Comments
Filed under: CD, Interview, Feature, Tricky, Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, Ninja Tune, Jimi Hendrix, Fink
Exporting Tuareg Culture to the world: The Festival in the Desert: Manny Ansar, the founder and organiser of Mali’s legendary Festival in the desert is an incredibly humble man, this is born out by the fact that he still wonders why all these foreigners want to travel close to eighty kilometers into the Sahara desert Read More...; Posted Wednesday, September 24, 2008 1:24 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)
Filed under: Interview, Festivals, Feature, Tinariwen, Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba, Mali, Festival in the Desert

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