{"id":16881,"date":"2015-06-24T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T11:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=16881"},"modified":"2015-06-26T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T09:34:12","slug":"stelth-ulvang-in-cape-town-city-secret-soiree-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/stelth-ulvang-in-cape-town-city-secret-soiree-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Stelth Ulvang in Cape Town: City & Secret Soiree shows"},"content":{"rendered":"
20 & 22
\nJune
\n2015<\/div>\n

Stelth Ulvang of American folk\u00a0stars The Lumineers<\/a> recently completed a tour of Southern Africa that included festivals in Mozambique and Swaziland\u00a0as well as a bunch of shows around SA. I caught two of his last shows – the City Soiree at the Youngblood Gallery\u00a0on Saturday and the Secret Soiree at a house in Woodstock on Monday. Both were really lovely – here are some shots from the two nights.<\/p>\n

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Saturday’s show was my first City Soiree event and featured an impressive array of local artists sharing the stage with the quirky and highly entertaining American – Jon Shaban<\/a> kicked things off\u00a0after which Stelth (who oscillated between playing acoustic guitar, accordion and piano) started his really lovely set featuring his songs as well as a few of those by his local bandmates. They included the core rhythm section (who joined on the tour)\u00a0of\u00a0drummer Werner von Waltsleben<\/a> and bassist Ryan McArthur<\/a>, as well as trumpets by Lee Thomson<\/a>, electric guitar by Albert Frost and backing vocals by Bonj Mpanza.<\/p>\n

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