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2023 – Music in review
MUSIC Today is my 17th anniversary on last.fm so it’s time I go back through the collected data and reflect on the music that soundtracked my 2023. For me it was the first vaguely normal year since 2019, in terms of my … Continue reading
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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Tagged album, art, covid, district, end of the year, eurovision, favourites, francois van coke, gigs and festivals, hellcats, lucy kruger and the lost boys, mccully/mackay, memories, music, music video, new year, painting, ramfest, review, rock, texx and the city
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Francois van Coke – Dagdrome in Suburbia album launch at The Jagger Lounge
Thurs 31 Oct 2019 The Jagger Lounge was packed to bursting for Francois Van Coke‘s Dagdrome in Suburbia album launch at the end of last month. Ostensibly an acoustic show, things were pretty chilled but there was still plenty of energy, … Continue reading
Rock on the Lawns: The Cure at Kennilworth Racecourse
Thurs 21 March 2019 It was quite surreal to watch and shoot this show, and very, very special – The Cure were incredible and the local lineup did themselves and SA proud. Here are some photos from the amazing Rock on … Continue reading
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Tagged amp events, british, cape town, crowd, events, farewell show, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, goth, guitars, hellcats, international act, jumping musicians, karen zoid, kennilworth racecourse, long hair, music, opposite the other, outdoors, photography, reunion, robfather, rock, singing drummers, south africa, south african, southern wild, summer, texx and the city, the cure, zebra & giraffe
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Tagged amp events, british, cape town, crowd, events, farewell show, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, goth, guitars, hellcats, international act, jumping musicians, karen zoid, kennilworth racecourse, long hair, music, opposite the other, outdoors, photography, reunion, robfather, rock, singing drummers, south africa, south african, southern wild, summer, texx and the city, the cure, zebra & giraffe
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Blood Brothers Cape Town – Zip Zap Dome
Sat 22 September 2018 One week after watching some of SA’s finest musicians collaborating for the Francois van Coke en Vriende show in Pretoria, Cape Town got to see another collaborative show courtesy of local supergroup Blood Brothers. The show … Continue reading
Francois van Coke En Vriende – Sun Arena Pretoria
Sat 15 September 2018 ‘Francois Van Coke en Vriende’ was an aptly named, once-off show in Pretoria’s massive Sun Arena and a truly world class production (props to AMP Events). It featured collaborative performances from Francois’ bandmates in Fokofpolisiekar, Van Coke … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, amp events, arena, arno carstens, crowd surfing, die heuwels fantasties, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, heuwels fantasties, jack parow, jumping musicians, karen zoid, lights, long hair, majozi, music, photography, pretoria, robfather, rock, south africa, south african, springbok nude girls, stadium, stage diving, sun arena, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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Tagged acoustic, afrikaans, amp events, arena, arno carstens, crowd surfing, die heuwels fantasties, events, favourites, fokofpolisiekar, francois van coke, gigs & festivals, guitars, heuwels fantasties, jack parow, jumping musicians, karen zoid, lights, long hair, majozi, music, photography, pretoria, robfather, rock, south africa, south african, springbok nude girls, stadium, stage diving, sun arena, texx and the city, van coke kartel, weekends
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