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Stelth Ulvang in Cape Town: City & Secret Soiree shows

Posted on: June 24, 2015

20 & 22 June 2015 Stelth Ulvang of American folk stars The Lumineers recently completed a tour of Southern Africa that included festivals in Mozambique and Swaziland as well as a bunch of shows around SA. I caught two of his last … Continue reading →

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Snapshots from the tail-end of the KKNK

Posted on: April 20, 2015

10 & 11 April 2015 Back in 2007 I went on an epic matric trip to the KKNK in Oudtshoorn. Recently I joined my dad and headed back to the town/fest for the first time in 8 years. Even though … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, album launch, events, family, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, kknk, long hair, market, memories, mountains, music, nature, nostalgia, ostrich, oudtshoorn, out in the country, outdoors, personal, roadtrip, ronnies sex shop, south africa, south african, tour, tourist, weekends

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BEAST – ‘Bardo’ exclusive acoustic launch at the Cape Town Club

Posted on: February 27, 2015

Sat 21 February 2015 BEAST are an incredibly raw and energetic band, so I was surprised when last I saw them at how much I really loved their acoustic performance. They’re a band that understand that ‘acoustic’ means actually reworking … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, album launch, beast, cape town, cape town club, exclusive, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, lark, launch, music, photography, rock, secret show, special event, taxi violence, weekends, werner von waltsleben

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Francois van Coke: secret single launch at The Eye

Posted on: February 26, 2015

Thurs 19 February 2015 Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel frontman Francois van Coke recently released a new solo single called Moontlik Nooit. Last Thursday during a ‘secret show’ (which still managed to be totally packed to the rafters) he performed a 5 … Continue reading →

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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, album launch, cape town, cbd, evenings, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, long street, photography, rock, secret show, single launch, south africa, south african, the eye, van coke kartel

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The Lumineers at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: December 8, 2014

Thurs 04 December 2014 American folkstars The Lumineers kicked off their first South African visit with two sold out shows at Kirstenbosch last week. Here are some photos from their Thursday performance – a truly enjoyable night.