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This is what I am currently working on (when I am not composing music) and it is 95% complete. I love writing stories, so decided to combine it with music I have already written. I plan on releasing this very soon. The music and story has been copyrighted people. But I do hope you enjoy […]
I locked my car keys in the car twice, and always ahead of rehearsals. I have not slept properly in weeks and all my personal relationships took a bit of a hit. I was selfish with my time and energy…. because uhm…. I was opening for Ben Harper. And in my head all I heard […]
Thought I would share some music that has not been heard (unreleased). Some of them I do enjoy performing live when the mood strikes The Weight of My Love This is from the TENtation album. Tumi and I wrote and produced this in ten days. Hell, it was so much fun! This is a great […]
I really enjoyed this interview with Al (who is a budding musician himself). The bold letters are my thoughts I just had to add! Written by Al Clappers Sitting on the front stoep at A Touch of Madness, having a cigarette, a striking woman walks into the venue we lock eyes. She points at me […]
Of course I was apprehensive! Ten days with people I did not know, in a desert, listening to music I did not like, radical self reliance, radical self expression, drugs, weird costumes and then there was the issue of all the naked balls I would have to see. Afrika bladdy Burn baby! It was one […]
‘This isn’t just cultural exchange but a movement…’ Phodiso Matloga Considering we barely knew each other almost 8 months ago, those words are not only true but had a prophetic ring. Barefoot Theatre from Zambia, Samba Résille from Toulouse and the South African delegation […]
Today is not a good day. My father is dying. The fear of death riddles his body more than any disease, and there is nothing I can do. Do I believe in an afterlife? Of course yes. I believe in some kind of place where his spirit will endure and still demand I write songs exposing […]
Just a few songs I am proud of…most of them are from the Call it Love ad Dreaming Music album. In the new week I will post the songs from the TENtation album. The first is the song written for the Arctic 30, a group of Greenpeace Volunteers who protested drilling in the Arctic. Now […]
Ben Harper’s coming to South Africa. It is no secret I have been driving everyone nuts for years on social media and everywhere else, performances included when I speak of him. So here’s the back story. I saw him in 2010 in Montreux for the first time. I recall watching him sing while I stood right […]
This was written by Lionel Bastos and can be found on my Call It Love album. This song is fantastic to sing but so incredibly sad. I found it rather odd when we were asked to sing this at a wedding a while ago. Thought I would share something I enjoyed singing