Yesterday we remembered Ralph Rabie who died 20 years ago. He will never be forgotten and continues to inspire a new generation of young people. Please read the post below, provided to this website by Ariana Eybers who kindly gave permission for us to use the piece that she had written as a university essay. Gee, gee, gee applous vir… Read more →
The Springbok Nude Girls release their new album, Partypocalypse.
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James Phillips was arguably one of the greatest musicians that South Africa ever produced. His music kickstarted Afrikaans rock music with far-reaching effects. Read more →
Medicine Boy have released their final album entitled Take Me With You When You Disappear Read more →
In July 1990, Vogue magazine featured the Voëlvry movement in an article. Read more →
In the apartheid years the Nationalist government strictly controlled what was heard on the radio in South Africa. Music fans had to be inventive if they wanted to discover bands that were different from the usual fare that was played on State-controlled radio stations. Innovation One such person was Yunus Momoniat, who lived with his family in Lenasia, a suburb… Read more →
Neil Goedhals was an influential artist who started the band Koos with the actor Marcel van Heerden. Read about the band here and here. At the end of 2016 I was lucky to visit the Neil Goedhals archives and I am posting some interesting pieces from the archives on this page. After Neil Goedhals’s death, Koos morphed into a band… Read more →
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis perform music from their films. Read more →
Friday brought a bonanza day of new music for South African music lovers with both Arno Carstens and Karen Zoid releasing new singles. Both artists have acknowledged how Johannes Kerkorrel influenced them as musicians. Read about the connection between Zoid and Kerkorrel here. In another coincidence, Theo Crous produced Zoid’s new single. Crous plays lead guitar in the Springbok Nude… Read more →
Arno Carstens is back with a fresh new sound. The new single, Empire of the Night, with its up-tempo, pop feel is a big departure from his more recent recordings and indeed from his work with the Springbok Nude Girls. The song has more hooks than an I&J trawler. The driving beat and lush vocals, reveal Arno at the peak… Read more →