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Long Time Citizen at the Grand Daddy

Posted on: December 25, 2011

Fri 23 December 2011

What better way to ease into the Christmas weekend than unwinding at the Grand Daddy Hotel with the bluesy sounds of Long Time Citizen?

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged blues, cape town, double bass, grand daddy, guitars, long street, long time citizen, photography, rock, summer, weekends

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KONGOS, Machineri & Saintfearless at The Assembly

Posted on: December 23, 2011

Sat 17 December 2011

I was looking forward to December 17th for a good long while, I even bought tickets to see KONGOS as soon as they went on sale back in September. I didn’t think I could be more excited, until the supporting acts were announced; with Saintfearless and Machineri completing the lineup, the night could truly be nothing short of awesome – and so it was.

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Tagged american, barefoot, cape town, dj sideshow, favourites, friends, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, kongos, long hair, machineri, rock, saintfearless, singing bassists, singing drummers, south africa, the assembly, weekends

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KONGOS for The Urbanist

Posted on: December 23, 2011

Sat 17 December 2011

Before their show at The Assembly last Saturday, I was lucky to sit in on an interview with South African Americans KONGOS. I was already a big fan of their music and can now happily report that they’re all really nice people too.

I’ll post a link to the interview as soon as it’s up, in the meantime, check out Liezel Thompson’s previous interview with the band over here.

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Tagged american, cape town, international act, kongos, rock, south africa, the assembly

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Converse Block Party at the Assembly

Posted on: December 21, 2011

Thurs 15 December 2011

The middle of Harrington street was transformed into a mini festival last Thursday – packed with people and loads of artists (including 340ml, Shadowclub, Sibot, Felix Laband and Cold Turkey DJs among others), the Assembly promised and delivered another great night of entertainment.

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Tagged 340ml, block party, cape town, cold turkey, converse, evenings, felix laband, gigs & festivals, guitars, haasbroek, outdoors, photography, rock, sedge warbler, shadowclub, sibot, street, the assembly, vga, youngsta

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Cape Town from the air

Posted on: December 19, 2011

Monday 12 December 2011

My mom works extensively as a photographer for the SAAF Museum at the Ysterplaat airbase. Last Monday we were really fortunate to have the opportunity to go for a quick flip in a Dakota over the city and Robben Island. It was amazing. Plus it happened to be my mom’s birthday, so cool.