Flash Republic live at Angels of Rock 3 on 14 May at Cool Runnings 4-ways

Tickets are available ONLINE at www.turningtricksentertainment.co.za

or at the venue for only R60,

or at the door on the day for R70

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FLASHREPUBLIC Album Launch

FLASHREPUBLIC Album Launch

Saturday 26 March

Alex Theatre (Braamfontein)

with Roger Goode, Ryan Dent & Craig Massiv

Tickets: R100 at Computicket or R120 at the door (if their are any left).

TICKETS: R100 from Computicket / R120 at the door

Joey Rasdien at The Lyric Theatre 11 & 12 March

Joey's Billboard

The Billboard for Joey Rasdiens 1 man show at Gold Reef City's Lyric Theatre 11 & 12 March - bookings at Computicket

A beautiful and touching story !

A beautiful, touching story

- from a generous South African musician. 
    

As a bagpiper, I've played many gigs up in Gauteng, but not so many since recently moving to Cape Town.

Recently, I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. 
He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at the municipal cemetery in Kraaifontein.

I now stay in Simonstown and was not familiar with the northern suburbs, so I got a bit lost on my way there. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I felt badly and apologised to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down. 
The guys had already started filling in and not really knowing what else to do, I started to play.. 
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. 
I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. 
I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.
And as I played  Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. 
They wept, I wept, and we all wept together.

When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "Jislaaik, I never seen nutting like dat before in all the tweny years I've been putting in septic tanks"

....Apparently, I'm still lost. 

 

NURTURE JAZZ : FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER 2010 AT NIKIS OASIS

NURTURE JAZZ : 8pm FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER 2010 AT NIKIS OASIS, NEWTOWN

chris luke, dio santos, raeven brough, grant mowatt, wandile molefe, cailin rabie

ego free jazz ~ all musicians welcome ~ last set jam

Lira on Blu-ray - Raising Industry Standards

Lira on Blu-ray

Raising Industry Standards

Johannesburg: Friday 12 November: Multi-award winning songstress, Lira replied with a simple… "I have big dreams" in response to a question raised at a press conference held at the Sony Auditorium yesterday. The question was directed at what she hopes to achieve beyond her multiple awards and multi-platinum selling DVD, which was released on the high definition Blu-ray format earlier this week.

Lira explains, "…the intention behind the 'Live In Concert – A Celebration' DVD release in November 2009 and the decision to release on Blu-ray a year later was to see what would be possible in this country and to raise the bar for the industry overall. "

Lira went on to say "… ultimately we now have a product to take to the world, and this was always the plan behind the DVD - to show the rest of the world that South Africa can deliver products equivalent to International standards."

Lira was joined on a panel with her production team, Warwick Allen [Director of 'Live In Concert – A Celebration' from Mushroom Media], Robin Kohl [DVD and Blu Ray Executive Producer - Jazz Worx], Maria Hadjidimitriadis [Senior Label Manager - Sony Music Entertainment] and Geoffrey Sutcliffe [Product Manager Sony Home Electronics].

The discussion further emphasized the more technical aspects of the format and eluded to future plans to release the Blu-ray Internationally in January 2011.

The achievement ends off a year-long process that began by taking a risk to invest in the highest quality product possible – an initiative that was overwhelmingly supported by the valued South African consumer.