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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
I thought I would share music -the original and the remix. I will be honest – I did not like the remix when I heard it the first time. After all the original was so melancholic and heartfelt. In the remix there wasn’t an ounce of that sadness. Where did my sadness go man? HAHA! […]