Gig Guide (Fri 26 rOcktober - thurs 01 November)

Compliments of Zane Henry

Friday 26 rOctober 2007

• Jak de Priester plays Damas Restaurant, Worcester. Tel: 023-342-1477.

• Laura Levine plays Zula Sound Bar. Time: 9pm. Toll: R30. Tel: 021-424-2442.

• Hog Hoggidy Hog and Pestroy play Mercury Live. Time: 9pm. Toll: R40. Tel: 021-465-2106.

• Acid Blues plays Carnival Court every Friday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.

• The Rus Nerwich Quartet plays Neighbourhood, Long Street. Time: 10:30pm.

• Cliffie Moses' 4–Sounds plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

• Wonderboom and Sitis play Berties Mooring, Gordon's Bay. Tel: 021-856-3343.

• Abdullah Ibrahim plays the M7 Jazz Centre. Toll: R130. Tel: Computicket.

• Emile Minnie and Nicky Jansen play the Labia. Time: 8:30pm. Toll: R60. Tel: 021-424-5927.

• Unit.R preview their music video at Independent Armchair Theatre. Ashtray Electric supports. Tel: 084-318-5959.

Saturday 27 rOctober 2007

• Cliffie Moses' 4–Sounds plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

• Hog Hoggidy Hog and Pestroy play Corner Bar, Durbanville. Toll: R30.

• The Parlotones, One Sock Thief and Myepic play Berties Mooring, Gordon's Bay. Tel: 021-856-3343.

• Abdullah Ibrahim plays the M7 Jazz Centre. Toll: R130. Tel: Computicket.

• Luna plays the Kunskafee, Durbanville. Toll: R60. Tel: 021-979-3131.

• ROAR hosts the second Hippie Annihilation Project. In Exile, Point Blank, Massacre on 64^th and Red Light In June. Time: 8pm. Toll: R20. Tel: 083-320-5431.

• Sweat.X plays Old Castle Breweries.

• The Brills play the Cape Farmhouse, Scarborough. Time: 3:30pm. Tel: 021-780-1246.

• Each One Teach One, Jitsvinger, Brown, DJ Azhul plays the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.

• Running With Scissors plays Zula Sound Bar. Toll: R40. Tel: 021-424-2442.

Sunday 28 rOctober 2007

• Sammy Hartman plays The Steenberg Estate. Tel: 021-713-2222.

• The Monique Hellenberg Band plays Winchester Mansions. Time: 11am. Toll: R165 including brunch. Tel: 021-434-2351.

• Abdullah Ibrahim plays the M7 Jazz Centre. Toll: R130. Tel: Computicket.

• Flat Stanley plays Kirstenbosch's Silvertree Restaurant. Time: Toll: R90 including a drink and a starter soup. Tel: 021-762-9585.

• Coda plays the Nederburg Estate. Time: 5pm. Toll: R60. Tel: 021-809-8106.

• Andrew Ford Trio plays the Green Dolphin plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Monday 29 rOctober 2007

• Fly Paper Jet performs their Travelling Salesmen at Baran's Theatre Restaurant. Time: 8:30pm. Toll: R60-R140. Tel: 021-426-4466.

• Jak de Priester plays Kunskafee, Durbanville. Tel: 021-979-3131.

• The Gary Hendrikse Trio plays the Green Dolphin plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Tuesday 30 rOctober 2007

• Jack Mantis plays Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.

• Amanda Tiffin Trio plays the Green Dolphin plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

• Gladys Knight plays Grandwest's Main Arena. Toll: R360-R495. Tel: Computicket.

• Jak de Priester plays Dorpstraat Theatre, Stellenbosch. Tel: 021-886-6107.

Wednesday 31 rOctober 2007

• Stereo Zen plays Independent Armchair Theatre. Toll: Free. Tel: 084-318-5959.

• Hlulani Hlongwane Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

• The Reminders play Carnival Court every Wednesday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.

• Gladys Knight plays Grandwest's Main Arena. Toll: R360-R495. Tel: Computicket.

• The Sleepers and I, Villain play Mercury Live. Time: 8pm. Toll: R20. Tel: 021-465-2106.

Thursday 1 rOctober 2007

• Mark De Kock plays the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.

• Black Betty plays Zula Sound Bar. Toll: R25. Tel: 021-424-2442.

• To be featured in the Gig Guide, e-mail zane.henry@inl.co.za by noon on Tuesday for publication on Friday

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Gig Guide (Fri 19 Rocktober - thurs25 Rocktober)

Compliments of Zane Henry
Friday 19 ROcKtober

• Ollie Viljoen and Valiant Swart play Dorpstraat Theatre, Stellenbosch. Toll: R80. Tel: 021-886-6107.
• Robin Auld plays Villa Pascal House of Music, Durbanville. Time: 7pm. Toll: R70. Tel: 021-975-2566.
• Balkanology at the River Club, Observatory. Time: 9pm. Toll: R110-R150.
• Acid Blues plays Carnival Court every Friday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.
• The Rus Nerwich Quartet plays Neighbourhood, Long Street. Time: 10:30pm.
• The Natasha Roth Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
• Ashtray Electric and Howard Roark play Mercury. Time: 9pm. Toll: R30. Tel: 021-465-2106.
• The Sleepers and Mercurial play Zula Sound Bar. Tel: 021-424-2442.
  

Saturday 20 ROcKtober

• The Allstar Funk Four, The Founders and Verismo play Roots, Observatory. Time: 8pm. Toll: R20.
  
• The Natasha Roth Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
  
• Gospel and jazz show The Breakthrough runs at the Baxter Theatre. Time: 8pm. Toll: R60. Tel: 084-969-6805.
  
• Luna plays Seaside Bistro, Strand. Toll: R60. Tel: 021-854-4026.
  
• The Simon van Gend Band plays the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.
  
• The Buddy Wells Trio plays Sundance Café, Moullie Point. Time: 1pm.
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Sunday 21 ROcKtober

• The Bruce Muirhead Trio plays Sundance Café, Moullie Point. Time: 1pm.
  
• The Andrew Ford Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
• The Jeff Weiner Band plays Winchester Mansions. Time: 11am. Toll: R165 including brunch. Tel: 021-434-2351.
  
• Mary J Blige plays Grandwest. Time: 8pm. Toll: R225-R300. Tel: Computicket.
  
• Breakfast Included plays Kirstenbosch's Silvertree Restaurant. Time: Toll: R90 including a drink and a starter soup. Tel: 021-762-9585.
  
• Eddy Kirkwood plays The Steenberg Estate. Tel: 021-713-2222.

Monday 22 ROcKtober

• Fly Paper Jet performs their Travelling Salesmen at Baran's Theatre Restaurant. Time: 8:30pm. Toll: R60-R140. Tel: 021-426-4466.
  

• The Sammy Hartman Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Tuesday 23 ROcKtober

• Jan Blohm plays the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.
• Rus Nerwich plays the Waiting Room. Time: 9pm. Toll: R50. Tel: 021-422-4536.
  
• The Amanda Tiffin Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
  
• Laurie Levine and Simon van Gend plays Obs Café. Time: 8pm. Toll: R25. Tel: 021-448-5555.
  
• International gospel star Micheal W Smith plays Bellville Velodrome. Toll: R165. Tel: Computicket.

Wednesday 24 ROcKtober

• Half Price plays Independent Armchair Theatre's Student Night. Toll: Free. Tel: 084-318-5959.
  
• The Jason Reolon Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
  
• Enrique Iglesias plays Grandwest. Toll: R250-R425. Tel: Computicket.
  
• Abdullah Ibrahim plays the M7 Jazz Centre. Toll: R130. Tel: Computicket.
• The Reminders play Carnival Court every Wednesday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.
• Wonderboom plays Corner Bar, Durbanville.

Thursday 25 ROcKtober

• Hog Hoggidy Hog and Pestroy play Klein Libertas Theatre. Toll: R30.
• Graham Beyer Quartet plays Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.
• Wonderboom plays Nameless Pub. Tel: 021-850-0413.
• Enrique Iglesias plays Grandwest. Toll: R250-R425. Tel: Computicket.
• Laurie Levine plays Villa Pascal House, Durbanville. Toll: R50. Tel: 021-975-2566.
• Elzahn Rinquest Band plays Bohemia, Stellenbosch. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-882-8375.

To be featured in the Gig Guide, e-mail zane.henry@inl.co.za by noon on Tuesday for publication on Friday

foto na dans. first time.

(Read the Levis version)

Foto Na Dans. Switch on. Turn it up. Let go. The trumpet uplifts and underlines, the vocals are unequivocally incendiary, the lyrics evocative and empowering, especially on the subject of loss, regret and weakness. Because they’re honest and naked, the guitars grind everything into gold dust, and the operatic overtures demand high regard. These boys from Bellville haven't finished varsity, but they've already written anthems like "Vergeet Van My", and even their songs of rejection are festering with a fine love.

Across the country, artists are engaging with their particular national angst like it’s the new economic commodity rather than a deplorable sell-out. While others are busy licking the wound of our collective historical hangover with rotten tongues, Foto Na Dans have torn theirs out, and they aren't crying about it. They're having none of the spiritual decay bequeathed us by dead and dying despots. Their sound is saturated with a new glory that defies the schitzophrenic socio-political depression that artists across the country have adopted as their heritage. They give new meaning to the term 'expression' and purge their systems every time they play. It’s emotional, powerful and triumphant music. Theirs is the glory of turning a wound into a scar instead of sacrificing the self to self-pity. The difference is audible; they find beauty in imperfection and strength in loss, they make music that swells and crashes without getting messy. Their compositions are strong, strange and sexy, and on stage, so are they.

It's a new voice on the cultural landscape; one giant leap on from the dithering, disgraceful sentiments of jm coetzee, and more promising and refined than the formidable aural tantrums of Fokofpolisiekar, whose references to inspiration and influence i expect the public will graduate from in the near future. For Afrikaans youth, they bring hope against the odds of entrenched social repression and embedded political regression. In departure from the norm of white rock, their significance reaches beyond their back yards. They share their universal message in Afrikaans, the mother tongue of more than 6 million different people, with emotion that defies social or racial stratification. It offers sensitive (hurt, hopeful, hungry) souls of every background, orientation and intention across the land a flood of feeling drenched in individuality and freedom. hell, Madiba should be head banging with them.

And speaking of wise men and wise words, we forget that the greatest gift you can give your audience is to truly be yourself. Foto Na Dans give with grace, measure and a focused passion that anoints the music. And it’s this that will keep their real fans close as they grow. Their music liberates. All you have to do is stand still and listen. You won't be still for long.

(Photo from Foto Na Dan’s Myspace album)

(Foto Na Dans on facebook )

GIG GUIDE (Fri 5 Oct - Thurs11 Oct )

Compliments of Zane Henry

Fri 5 rOctober

· Taxi Violence plays the Nameless Bar, Somerset West.

· 12^th Avenue and 16Stitch play Berties Mooring, Gordons Bay. Tel: 021-856-3343.

· Foto Na Dans launch their debut album at Mercury Live. Toll: R30. Tel: 082-336-1836.

· Robbie Jansen plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

· Acid Blues plays Carnival Court every Friday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.

· Natalie Segerman, Tristan Waterkeyn, Louise Day, Little Kings, Jules and the Fools and Tait play the Cape Town Rocks album launch party at the Independent Armchair Theatre. Toll: R40- R70 with a CD. Tel: 084-318-5959.

Sat 6 rOctober

· The Living Heritage Jazz Concert at the Johnson Ngwevela Langa City Hall, features performances by Cups Nkanuka, Ezra and Duke Ngcukana, John Ntshibilikwana, Stoto Zibi, Cliffie Moses, Winston 'Mankunku' Ngozi, Tete Mbambisa, Shamba Lerole, Willie von Bloemenstein, Zelda Benjamin, Phyllis Madikwa, Aspro Spoyo and the Incredible Horns. Toll: R50. Tel: 082-720-1665.

· Taxi Violence plays ROAR.

· 12^th Avenue, Libido and The Plastics play the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.

· Robbie Jansen plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

· Adamu plays Café Ganesh, Observatory. Toll: R20. Tel: 021-448-3435.

Sunday 7 rOctober

· Eddy Kirkwood plays The Steenberg Estate. Tel: 021-713-2222.

· The Denay Willie Band plays the Winchester Mansions. Toll: R165 including brunch. Tel: 021-434-2351.

· The Brills play Kirstenbosch's Silvertree Restaurant. Toll R90 including a drink and starter course of soup. Tel: 021- 762-9585.

· The Monique Hellenberg Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Monday 8 rOctober

· The Sammy Hartman Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Tuesday 9 rOctober

· Matthew Gair, Natalia, David Agranat and Vanessa Nolan play the Waiting Room as part of its City Folk sets. Toll: R20. Tel: 021-423-7635.

· The Meku Narunsky Trio plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Wednesday 10 rOctober

· The Allstar Funk Four plays the Independent Armchair's Student Night. Toll: Free. Tel: 084-318-5959.

· Luna and Gerald Clark play the Dorpstraat Theatre. Toll: R70. Tel: 021-886-6107.

· The Rus Nerwich Trio performs every Wednesday at Joburg Bar. Toll: Free.

· The Reminders play Carnival Court every Wednesday. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-423-9003.

· The Hilton Schilder Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

Thursday 11 rOctober

· Chris Chameleon plays Mercury Live. Toll: R60. Tel: 021-465-2106.

· The James Schofield Trio featuring Kesivan Naidoo and Basil Moses plays the Independent Armchair Theatre. Tel: 084-318-5959.

· The Graham Beyer Quartet plays the Green Dolphin. Toll: Free. Tel: 021-421-7471.

· Dennis Ferrer and Oskido play The Roosevelt. Toll: R100.

Did we miss something? To be featured in this gig guide e-mail zane.henry@inl.co.za by noon on Tuesday for publication on Friday.