Tag Archives: gigs & festivals

Boo! & Caroline Coon at Mercury

Posted on: February 10, 2011

Fri 04 February 2011 Last Friday we headed to Mercury to see Boo!, and were actually so early that the we had to wait outside the closed doors for a little while…but we weren’t the only ones – there was … Continue reading →

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Tagged boo, cape town, chris chameleon, evenings, gigs & festivals, jumping musicians, mercury, music, photography, south african

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Yoav, Farryl Purkiss & Jeremy Loops at The Assembly

Posted on: February 6, 2011

Thurs 03 February 2011 On Thursday, Yoav played a final Cape Town show at the Assembly, and, as usual, was totally fantastic. The other two acts were good matches for him, also doing the singer-songwriter-loop-pedal-one-man-band thing, though Jeremy was billed … Continue reading →

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Tagged cape town, evenings, farryl purkiss, favourites, friends, gigs & festivals, guitars, jeremy loops, motheo moleko, music, photography, south african, the assembly, yoav

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Balkan Beat Box

Posted on: January 26, 2011

Fri 21 January 2011 On Friday I saw Balkan Beat Box at the (very windy) parking lot in Harrington Street.

Posted in Gigs/Live Music
Tagged american, balkan, Balkanology, brass, cape town, gigs & festivals, international act, jumping musicians, music, new york, nomadic orchestra, photography, saxophone, tuba, weekends

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The Little Kings at the Grand Daddy Hotel

Posted on: January 23, 2011

Fri 21 January 2011 I’ve wanted to check out the rooftop trailer park at the Grand Daddy Hotel for ages, and finally got the opportunity to do so on Friday evening. Each trailer’s interior was designed/decorated by a different artist; … Continue reading →

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Tagged cape town, evenings, friends, gigs & festivals, grand daddy, music, photography, reggae, south african, summer, weekends

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Jack Parow & Van Coke Kartel at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: January 18, 2011

Sun 16 January 2011 On Sunday, my friends and I joined some 6000 other people for Jack Parow & Van Coke Kartel’s Summer Sunset concert at Kirstenbosch. Jess made a great observation: the ticket said ‘Jack Parow with Francois van … Continue reading →