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Rocking the Daisies 2015: Saturday
Sat 3 October 2015 Day 2 of Rocking the Daisies 2015 featured the biggest crowd I’ve ever been stuck in (for German headliners Milky Chance – it honestly took me the majority of their set to get from the far end of … Continue reading
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Tagged accordion, acoustic, afrikaans, aking, al bairre, australian, bongeziwe mabandla, brass, british, cape town, card on spokes, cloof wine estate, costumes, crowd, dancers, dancing, darling, derek gripper, dirty hippies, dressing up, electro, evenings, fairy lights, fire, flowers, george bacon, german, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, hula hoop, international act, jack parow, jon shaban, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, milky chance, mountains, music, nature, nu world, out in the country, outdoors, parade, peter bibby, photography, plants & flowers, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, scuba, seed experiences, ska, south africa, south african, stage, suitcase hearts, summer, sunset, tattoos, texx and the city, the brother moves on, the kooks, the shabeen, touchwood, trees, tribute, trumpet, weekends, wild lettuce
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Oppikoppi 21: Fantastic Mr Vos Vos Day 3
Sunday 9 August 2015 With Women’s Day being observed on Monday, Oppikoppi 2015 ended on a Sunday, which I must confess felt a little weird as festival Sundays are usually used to recover from the weekend’s biggest acts the night before. Friday … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, american, anton goosen, bagpipes, birds, black math, brand new, camping, cape town, costumes, crowd, dirty hippies, doring, dressing up, durban, dust, emo, evenings, events, favourites, float parade, gigs & festivals, go barefoot, gogol bordello, guitars, heat, hilltop live, interior, international act, johnny clegg, jumping musicians, kameeldoring, kings down south, landscape, limpopo, marching band, meth breath, moonchild, mountains, music, nature, oppikoppi, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, rock, russia, russian, satanic dagga orgy, scottish, ska, sky, south africa, south african, spring, summer, sun, sunset, tents, texx and the city, the vanilla, trees, twin atlantic, umlilo, weekends
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Infanteria press shoot
Saturday 27 June 2015 On a frosty morning last last month I met the guys from Infanteria in the forest for a press shoot ahead of their album launch. It was a little hilarious trying to go for the serious metal vibe with the … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Tagged cape town, forest, guitars, infanteria, leather, long hair, metal, mountains, nature, newlands, outdoors, photography, plants & flowers, portrait, portraits, press, press shoot, rock, south africa, south african, trees, weekends, winter, winter days
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Cool as Folk at the Sideshow
Saturday 18 April 2015 Last Saturday, the eco-warriors at GreenPop hosted their latest Cool as Folk party to raise funds as well as celebrate the planting of 50,000 trees – no mean feat. The last time I attended a CAF party was … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, cbd, cool as folk, crowd, dancers, dear mrs panda, early hours, foreshore, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, greenpop, international act, italian, jeremy loops, legoloop, lemonella, paige mac, royal commoners, sideshow, south africa, south african, texx and the city, trees, wild lettuce
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Tagged cape town, cbd, cool as folk, crowd, dancers, dear mrs panda, early hours, foreshore, fundraiser, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, greenpop, international act, italian, jeremy loops, legoloop, lemonella, paige mac, royal commoners, sideshow, south africa, south african, texx and the city, trees, wild lettuce
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Paolo Nutini at Kirstenbosch
Wed 18 March 2015 Scottish singer-songwriter Paolo Nutini treated Capetonians to two concerts last Wednesday and Thursday at the iconic and always beautiful Kirstenbosch Gardens. Here are some shots from his first ever South African performance on Wednesday.
