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I love sharing space and music with musicians who happen to be friends. There’s no crazy expectations. Everyone is just having a good old time and trust me, the conversations and music travels to strange places! I sat with two friends doing just that. Enjoying whiskey and music and it was a great few hours […]
I love everything about this interview. It affirmed and what I was experiencing….as someone who didn’t even think they could sing, let alone write music. Again, this is why more musicians need to speak about the creative process. It matters, paves the way for others. Pay attention to how the musician next to you feels […]
The entire world is focused on the American elections right now, but where I am, at the back of Table Mountain, all feels blissfully peaceful… Last night I sat with Matt and Simon as they shared their common experiences in the apartheid military; the brutalization, propaganda, the fear. A fear that was pervasive, the lie […]
Every time I go out I have a great time, as I love watching people. It’s a gem of sorts, finding that couple who spin and weave circles on the dancefloor, or the lady who just happens to be wearing great shoes and a matching bag, the old man whose grey hair makes him look […]
I don’t review music well, even though I am a musician. That’s being said I am going to share my thoughts on Ben Harper’s new album. Ps – I listened to this album as though it was one piece of music. I got into bed, made myself cosy and… I have never been as moved […]
Being a typical Scorpio…..I have a scorched earth policy with people. Cut off emotionally, destroy any and all reminders and write music to process the pain, the loss. This is fine and well, but what completed any cycle with regards to healing is the reclamation part. When I got divorced, I spent a lot of […]
I discovered this with friends while a fire was blazing gently. It played in the background and I kept of saying …oh I like this. And promptly asked for it to be repeated. Also, it’s a great music video. Honest.
Don’t you just love it when in conversation with another a truth dawns on you suddenly? A truth you were always privy to but couldn’t articulate…? Here’s the hard and fast truth about the new music. The music Tumi and I created together was fun, easy and…forgetful. Yeah, I said it. It was what I […]
No other place affected me as deeply as India has. And every cliche about the country is true. You leave slightly… altered. I reckon that when I travel I would visit places in the world known to have the same effect. Only I would take a medium with me. Yes, someone who sees clearly things […]
Scattering the Old Man’s ashes didn’t happen. I don’t think my Mother was ready to face so many happy memories she shared with Daddy. But being a very self confrontational Scorpio, I wanted to see those places, walk, remember, cry and allow whatever emotions sneak towards me so I could face them. Instead we barely […]