Share the Fruit
The District Six Homecoming Centre was a fitting location to launch Jitsologie, a new EP by Afrikaans cultural activist and hip hop artist Jitsvinger. Amid walls adorned in artefacts from the pre-eviction era and a room full of vibrant faces, Jitsvinger exercised his command of the Afrikaans language and Kaaps vernacular in an impressive, rhythmic […]
I mentioned before that I started playing bass for Solms Delta’s Musiek van de Caab outreach project last week Thursday, under leadership of Adriaan Brand (also of famous SAMA award-winning rock band Springbok Nude Girls). I initially stood in for last Thursday’s music tour, an indigenous Cape music performance for tourists (I’ve done two of […]
Josh Prinsloo en die Dahgah Fondasie This past Monday was the performance of my own, largely self-written music/poetry piece called Josh Prinsloo en die Dahgah Fondasie at Aan de Braak Theatre, Woordfees. I was very stunned by the supportive turn out on the night, especially from those who’ve attended Jerome Rex‘s monthly Kuila Expression Sessions, […]
This weekend I was hired to session on bass for the Krismis Koortjies (Christmas Choirs) event held at Solms Delta wine farm not too far from Franschoek, where I got to play with well known trumpeter/music arranger/music therapist Adriaan Brand (of famous local rock band Springbok Nude Girls), the Soetstemme (Sweet Voices) choir – under […]