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Tag Archives: brass
Rocking the Daisies 2013: Saturday
Saturday 5 October 2013 The combination of the bitter cold and my inability to find a comfortable position meant I hardly slept on Friday night. Still, I woke up feeling surprisingly energised. It was the big day of Rocking the … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, alt-j, boys noize, brass, british, costumes, crowd, crowd surfing, daisies, desmond & the tutus, dressing up, favourites, gigs & festivals, guitars, hippies, hipsters, hog hoggidy hog, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, khoitrans, left vity, long hair, motheo moleko, music, nature, ninjas, nomadic orchestra, out in the country, outdoors, paige mac, people, photography, portraits, rock, rocking the daisies, saxophone, skin, skunk anansie, south africa, south african, spoek mathambo, stage, summer, swedish, the hives, weekends, wind, woodstock mafia
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Fox Comet ‘Blazing Trails & Fiery Tales’ Album launch, with Al Bairre and Grassy Spark at Zula
Saturday 1 June 2013 There had been warnings all week that a huge storm was to hit Cape Town on the first weekend of June, and the warnings had been right. The rain was almost relentless and Saturday was was … Continue reading
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Tagged al bairre, album launch, brass, cape town, captain stu, favourites, fox comet, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, indie, jumping musicians, launch, long hair, long street, music, photography, rock, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, weekends, winter, zula
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Tagged al bairre, album launch, brass, cape town, captain stu, favourites, fox comet, gigs & festivals, grassy spark, guitars, indie, jumping musicians, launch, long hair, long street, music, photography, rock, saxophone, ska, south africa, south african, weekends, winter, zula
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Parklife Festival: Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Loops & Farryl Purkiss at Kirstenbosch
Friday 22 March 2013 The Parklife acoustic music Festival debuted in Joburg on March 21 and in Cape Town on the following day, at the one-of-a-kind and always gorgeous Kirstenbosch Gardens, where Jeremy Loops and Farryl Purkiss played the sunset opening slots … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, australian, barefoot, botanical garden, brass, cape town, didgeridoo, evenings, events, farryl purkiss, garden, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, motheo moleko, mountains, music, outdoors, parklife festival, photography, saxophone, south africa, south african, summer, weekends, xavier rudd
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Tagged acoustic, australian, barefoot, botanical garden, brass, cape town, didgeridoo, evenings, events, farryl purkiss, garden, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, motheo moleko, mountains, music, outdoors, parklife festival, photography, saxophone, south africa, south african, summer, weekends, xavier rudd
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Sublime Tribute show 2013 at Mercury
Friday 11 January 2013 Déjà-Vu; the first gig I attended last year was the Sublime Tribute show, so it’s amusing, and fitting I guess, that the event (back by insanely popular demand) be my inaugural gig of 2013.
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Synergy Live 2012: Friday
Friday 30 November 2012 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged ballistic blues, beach party, beast, brass, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crossfire collision, dead lucky, desmond & the tutus, double bass, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, international act, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, lucy kruger, mountains, nature, nomadic orchestra, out in the country, outdoors, peachy keen, people, photography, portraits, rock, saxophone, sky, south africa, south african, stoker, summer, sun, sunset, synergy, the prodigy, the very wicked, theewater, theewaterskloof, trees, villiersdorp, water, weather, weekends, wind, your LMG
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Tagged ballistic blues, beach party, beast, brass, british, camping, cape town, clouds, crossfire collision, dead lucky, desmond & the tutus, double bass, future primitives, gigs & festivals, guitars, inge beckmann, international act, jumping musicians, landscape, long hair, lucy kruger, mountains, nature, nomadic orchestra, out in the country, outdoors, peachy keen, people, photography, portraits, rock, saxophone, sky, south africa, south african, stoker, summer, sun, sunset, synergy, the prodigy, the very wicked, theewater, theewaterskloof, trees, villiersdorp, water, weather, weekends, wind, your LMG
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