Day 1 of Synergy 2012 didn’t exactly allow for a gentle easing into the weekend. Instead, things were full throttle from the get-go, featuring a crowd of thousands that descended upon the festival’s new venue (the Theewater Sports Club), some insane wind, even by Cape Town standards, and the fest’s international headliner, The Prodigy.
Summer in Cape Town means wind.
Horrible, unrelenting, roof-ripping wind.
Today was particularly windy in town and over the sea – I am really not looking forward to the next 5 months of this…
I haven’t posted an album review before so think it fitting that my first should be of one of the most anticipated releases of the year (as far as I’m concerned) – Yoav’s third album Blood Vine.
It’s a stylistic departure, but, much like its predecessors, there is a beautiful darkness (and an occasional Middle Eastern undercurrent) that runs through the album which makes the slower songs particularly haunting. A great album and a grower, it’s definitely one to stick on repeat.
A new festival is always exciting, especially when it’s something different. Enter The Cape Town World Music festival, a weekend inner-city gathering of local and international artists playing a mix of music styles.
