New single from CODA featured at Miss SA 2009

Featured at the 2009 Miss SA event on 13 December, CODA’s single Winter Love is composed by Carol Thorns and Nick Mathews and produced by Gabi Le Roux.

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Coda

Free download of ‘Afrikaans’ by Dans Republic at Rhythm Music Store

Foto Na Dans / Flash Republic Collaboration

Dans Republic - Afrikaans

Dans Republic started out as many other great projects started – in a bar. The guys from Foto Na Dans met Tamara Dey from Flash Republic while promoting her band’s CD Launch at a bar in JHB. Jagermeister flowed and before long a firm friendship was formed.

A while later, at the SAMA Awards, Victor Edward from music channel MK asked the guys from Flash Republic to consider a collaboration with a rock band. They thought it a great idea and suggested Foto Na Dans. And so Dans Republic was born.

Back in Cape Town, the two bands met up and started discussing how to make it all a reality. The main challenge was merging Rock-Dance-Afrikaans-English into one track. Ideas were thrown around and it was decided that the song would kick off with a remix one of Foto Na Dans’s unreleased tracks.

Remixes & reworks were bounced between Foto Na Dans and Flash Republic over a period of 3 months. Eventually, at the end of August, both bands got a chance to enter a pre-production studio together. Three days, eight bottles of Jagermeister and a lot of chemistry later, a hit-single-ready-for-studio was born.

Studio time was booked and Afrikaans was recorded at Jazzworx Studios in Jo’burg. The track has just been playlisted on national radio station 5fm and a video chronicling the collaboration (shot by Morgan Dingle) will be released shortly.

Watch this space… More to come!

Foto na Dans was formed when vocalist Le Roi Nel joined Theuns, Dirkie, Neil and Alex, who previously played in a band together. It took seven years in and out of projects for the members to finally find the right combination. Foto na Dans is the result of creative self-expression that has not heeded to commercial influences, finding and establishing their own new significant sound in Afrikaans.

“To those who have never heard Foto na Dans, one may be inclined to liken them to Muse, with electronic elements blended in perfectly with progressive rock and a dash of a more sophisticated classical sound…” Jarrad Nelsom, www.futurespace.co.za

Flash Republic is the collaboration of three of South Africa’s most prominent dance music talents – Tamara Dey and two of the country’s top DJs, Ryan Dent and Craig Massiv. Their music is best described as electro-tinged and soul-drenched House music.

2009 has been Flash Republic’s most successful year to date. They have signed to leading independent label, Just Music, the South African home of Ministry of Sound, Hed Kandi and some of the world’s biggest dance artists & producers, such as Fedde Le Grand, Roger Sanchez, StoneBridge and Martin Solveig. Various singles from their new album have been licensed to major compilations across Europe, including France, Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden.

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‘Welcome To Cape Town’ like you have never heard before

Piperjames and China’s Band mix Cape Town’s Goema sounds with Bagpipes!

And it works wonderfully.

http://rhythmmusicstore.com/music/6149/Piperjames/Piping-4-Africa

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Download South African National Anthem by Romanz

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Two brand new McCully Workshop Tracks Now Available

McCully Workshop, who formed in the late 60’s, and had a huge hit in the 70’s with ‘Buccaneer’, are back in the studio working on a new album, tentatively titled ‘Work In Progress’.

The current line-up is the classic 70’s group consisting of brothers Mike and Tully McCully, Richard Black and Rupert Mellor. Cape Town rapper Brown is a featured guest on ‘Money In Ya Pocket’.

‘Hey’ has a wonderful Falling Mirror feel to it and ‘100 Miles Per Hour’, written and sung by Rupert Mellor, rocks out, and features some fiery guitar from Richard Black. Mike McCully drums like a man possessed and Tully McCully even gets a short bass solo in.

Work In Progress (pre-release) by McCully Workshop

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Win Free Tickets for Koos Kombuis performance at Backsberg Picnic Concert on Sunday 6 December

Koos Kombuis has two tickets to give away for the Backsberg Picnic Concert on Sunday 6 December.

Koos Kombuis

Multi-talented musical icon, Koos Kombuis, will perform at Backsberg as part of the kykNET Backsberg Picnic Concert series on the 6th of December. Koos Kombuis became famous as part of a group of anti-establishment maverick Afrikaans musicians, who, under the collective name of Voëlvry (meaning “Outlawed”), toured campuses across South Africa in the 1980’s. With influences including Bob Dylan, Neil Young and George Harrison, audiences can look forward to the poignant lyrics and raw style that have made him the guru of Afrikaans rock music.

Picnics and wine will be on sale at the estate, but feel free to bring your own picnic along. Admission is from 15:00 and the set will start at 17:00.

Tickets are R85 pre-booked (available through http://computicket.co.za/) or R100.00 at the gate. Children under 12 get in for free.

For a map and directions to the farm and information about the series and upcoming artists see http://www.backsberg.co.za/PicnicConcerts

For a map and directions to the farm and information about the series and upcoming artists see

Contact Koos Kombuis to be a winner.

Backsberg Picnic Concerts

Albert Frost Wins Doritos Be Heard Competition

Albert Frost

South African guitar virtuoso, Albert Frost, has won the South African leg of the Doritos Be Heard competition. Not only does this earn Frost esteem and another notch in his belt of achievements but also the grand prize of R200 000.

Says Frost about winning the competition, “This proves that there’s definitely a God up there and He’s eating Doritos”. The winning song, “Television”, was taken from Frost’s debut studio recorded EP, “Devils & Gods”, which was released earlier this year.

The Doritos Be Heard competition is an international competition with legs in Venezuela, Spain, South Africa and Mexico. Musicians from each country are given the opportunity to upload performance clips to the website. The ten most popular clips then progress into the final heat of the competition where fans are able to vote for their favourite clips. The competition ran for the duration of October and November and it was decided, due to most amount of votes, that Albert Frost had won the South African leg and along with it R200 000.

Albert Frost will be celebrating with a gig on New Year’s Eve at The Bank in Rosebank, Johannesburg.

Albert Frost at Table Mountain Blues Summit - Photo: Michael Currin

Table Mountain Blues Summit, 28 November 2009 – photos by Michael Currin

From Michael Currin

The Albert Frost Trio

Dan Patlansky

Boulevard Blues Band

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Rock Of Ages Playlist – 26 November 2009

Artist Track Album Label Year Etta James Gotta serve somebody Matriarch of the Blues Sony Music 2000 Cactus Evil Cactus Rhino Records / Atlantic Records 1970 The Answer Demon Eyes Demon Eyes Albert Records 2009 Juicy Lucy Who do you love Anthology Sanctuary Records 1969 Ozzy Osbourne Over the mountain Diary of a madman Epic Records / Sony Music 1981 Bachman Turner Overdrive Not fragile Not fragile Universal Music 1973 Son of a Thousand Blues Last days on earth Son of a Thousand Blues Universal Music 2009 Clutch Motherless child Strange cousins from the West Weathermaker Records 2009 Burning Tree Fly away Burning Tree Epic Records / Sony Music 1998 Grand Funk Railroad Flight of the Phoenix Phoenix Capitol Records / EMI Music 1972 Alice Cooper Halo of flies Killer Warner Bros / Gallo Music 1971 Babe Ruth The Mexican First Base Harvest Records / EMI Music 1973 Rabbitt Savage Boys will be boys Fresh Music 1975 Budgie Who do you want for your love? Bandolier MCA Records / Universal Music 1975 Led Zeppelin Since I been loving you Led Zeppelin III Atlantic Records / Gallo Music 1970 Cold Blood I just wanna make love to you Cold Blood Atlantic Records / Gallo Music 1970 Mandrill Mandrill Mandrill Polydor Records / Universal Music 1971 Bad Company Bad Company Bad Company Swan Song / Gallo Music 1974 Fleetwood Mac Black Magic Woman Greatest Hits Columbia Records / Sony Music 1968 Genesis Dance on a volcano A trick of the tail Charisma Records / EMI Music 1976 Gravy Train Ballad of a peaceful man Ballad of a peaceful man Vertigo Records 1971 Beggars Opera MacArthur Park Pathfinder Vertigo Records 1972 Edgar Winter’s White Trash Give it everything you got Edgar Winter’s White Trash Epic Records / Sony Music 1976 Altered State Strong as I am Dos Warner Bros / Gallo Music 1993 Joe Walsh Life’s been good ..But seriously folks MCA Records / Universal Music 1978 Falling Mirror Highway Blues The Storming of the Loft Fresh Music 1980 Blackfoot Highway Song Strikes Rhino Records / Atlantic Records 1979 Blue Murder When I hear the rain Blue Murder McCully Music 2004 Concrete Blonde Rain Mexican Moon Capitol Records / EMI Music 1993 Nick Drake Northern Sky Bryter Layter Island Records / Universal Music 1970 Farryl Purkiss Kissing devils on the cheek Fruitbats & Crows Sheer Music 2009 Patto Magic Door Hold your fire Repertoire Records 1971

http://rockofages.rock.co.za

Rumour has it that Deep Purple and Uriah Heep are coming to South Africa in 2010