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These live recordings of Robin Auld and Z-Astaire were made by the very talented recording engineer, Kevin Shirley in the late 1980s. The program is from a concert that was held at the Three Arts Theatre in Plumstead, Cape Town.  We must also remember the assistance of Brian Quibell for the FOH sound. To the surprise of all concerned the rather large venue usually reserved for international pop stars at the time, was packed to the roof with the band's fans. Auld was at the time the closest the city came to having it's own real pop music icon.  The band, Murray Anderson on keys, Rob Hack on bass and Mike Bush on drums, plus Robin were joined by Steve Walsh and Judy Joubert on backing vocals. The music was all original and kind of indie and unlike their records released up to this point, the band showed their ability to perform extended arrangements of their songs. Curiously the tapes excluded his two big chart hits.  Issued by Mountain Records, this was the last release fr...

 Here is a press release from the label .  Fofa le nna (Fly with me) - digital release 21st March 2025 Flautists Barbara Highton Williams and Marietjie Pauw announce the digital online release of their album, Fofa le nna (Setswana for “Fly with me”). With Pauw based in South Africa and Williams in the USA, they form an unusual cross-Atlantic duo, established in 2008 and giving recitals in both their home countries. The title track was a commission by leading South African composer Neo Muyanga, who suggests flying as “the stuff of dreams”, dedicating his piece in 2012 to “two sisters in mid-flight”. And Williams herself captured the essence of this far-flung but inspired artistic partnership in a poem (from her published collection, Continuo , 2024): “flying through the years in concert and in spirit, / yes, in perfect sync across ten thousand miles”. The album also includes Elizabeth Brown’s 2005 Lunette (2005), spinning musical lines of sound in...

Before their first chart breakthrough McCully Workshop were an indie pop group playing the Cape Town, South Africa (SA) circuit. During their long career they released six albums in all and below is the second one, released for fans of SA rock history.  The original label was Truetone and the digital release will appear on Mountain Records on 28th February 2025. Musically it is quite adventurous. All original songs. Text from the producers - We are proud to announce the first ever streaming release of McCully Workshop's cult-classic sophomore album 'Genesis'. 'Genesis' was originally released in 1971 by an early lineup of the iconic South African band, featuring founding members Tully and Mike McCully as well as Bruce Gordon and Ian Smith. Following the release of their debut album 'McCully Workshop Inc' on Trutone the year prior, the band decided to change musical direction and embraced a more progressive rock sound.  'Genesis' was recorded i...

The third reissue from the catalogue of finger-style guitarist Tony Cox's catalogue will be available on the 12th December 2024. The album is Blue Anthem .   (c) Songwrights Publishers Here is a press text from the artist >  Sometime in early 2007, Joe Arthur, who was helping me produce my albums at the time, introduced me to a Cape Town trio named Benguela. I liked them immediately. They were unusual because they played their music from scratch and they were very good at it.   Blue Anthem is the result of our collaboration that grew from garage rehearsals in Cape Town to Joe's studio in Johannesburg. On some of the tracks, such as Misty 5am, I went along with the boys in a spontaneous flow and for others I threw structure at them. Structure of-course did not bother them.  It all resulted in Blue Anthem winning for 'best Instrumental Album' at the 2008 SAMA awards.  ---- Music l...

The second part of this historic African Choir series is to be released on the 29th November 2024. Here is  the press release for Volume 1 & 2 issued by the label. Taken fro the CD booklet. Link to the full booklet below   Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa: African Choral Legacy - Historical Recordings   African Choral Legacy: Historic Recordings of Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa was the first CD released by African Composers Edition, as ACE 001, in 2014. It comprised 31 tracks of short unaccompanied choral works by Lesotho composer Joshua Pulumo Mohapeloa (1908-1982), in the Sesotho language.  The tracks are a companion to ACE’s complete edition of the 145 music scores of Mohapeloa and are a remarkable historical record of African choral singing and fully notated choir music (as distinct from traditional music or jazz) across 7 decades.  The first 8 tracks on Volume 1 of this new downloadable CD were recorded in 1936/37 in Johannesburg, the other 8 from 1954 to 1980....

We are very pleased to announce a new distribution project that features the catalogue of the hugely talented steel string acoustic guitarist Tony Cox. (c) Tony Cox, Pic Victor Sinevici   Tony has acquired the rights to almost all of his previously released albums, most of which are no longer in circulation, and he will be making these available again over the space of the next year. The first two re-releases are The World Went Quiet (release - 18th October 2024) followed by China - African guitar collaborations (release - 1st November 2024). Here is a press statement on this project. ---- Tony Cox Signs Global Distribution Deal with Lee Thorp Entertainment Renowned South African guitarist Tony Cox has secured a world-wide distribution agreement with Germany-based Lee Thorp Entertainment (LTE Music Distribution). This landmark deal will see Cox’s entire music catalogue re-released, bringing his distinctive finger-style guitar music, which blends African and European influences, t...