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Kesivan sets us alight
Playing the drums as a melodic instrument is nigh impossible but that does not prevent Kesivan Naidoo from coming damn close to accomplishing it. I have the feeling that one day I’ll be watching him play and the breakthrough will happen: that drum kit will start singing.Naidoo has an uncanny ability to speak to his drums, but he had a bit of an argument with them when his sextet walked ...
G’town jazz fest ready to roll
The sound of 479 young jazz musicians bursting forth in one massive musical moment leaves East London’s internationally-recognised jazz festival organiser, Alan Webster, at a loss for words.“The sound is … the way forward,” said Webster, who is the vice-principal of Stirling High and director of both the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival and the Standard Bank Jazz ...
Intellectual jazz: African
Review: Bokani Dyer Trio - Standard Bank Young ArtistsIf you want to know where the African intellectuals are, you would have found them at DSG. Including retired judge Albie Sachs.It was jazz of the most stimulating, most awe-inspiring kind. Unapologetically African and connected within in a universal genre. So immersed in being what is it that it doesn’t have to claim it.It just ...
Fest Forward Episode 6 hails you like a cab
Fest Forward is still on its mission to guide you through the festival filligree. Here it all is ....Features:Stay somewhere different - our guide to township B&Bs and why they're an interesting solution to your accommodation problem.Wordfest - what words are being said, who is saying them and why?Regulars: The Best of the Fest - what not to miss in the next 24 hours; The Fringe ...
