The diminutive rapper is coming – EVE is on the way!!!
EVE is in the house!!!! She is known as the ‘pitbull in a skirt’. Though her lyrics are hardcore, she is undoubtedly one of the most strikingly sexy female rap artists.. and she is coming to Jozi to perform alongside Busta Rhymes at the Joburg Arts Alive International Festival at the Johannesburg Stadium on Saturday 3rd September. Discovered by star-maker and p…rominent producer Dr. Dre when she was just 18, Philadelphian Eve (alias Eve Jeffers) found a home at hardcore label Ruff Ryders in 1999 and made a break into the male-dominated hip hop industry with the album Eve: Ruff Ryders’ First Lady. She made her significant mark with the album Let There Be Eve, followed by Scorpion and Eve-olution. With hit songs like Gangsta Lovin, Gotta Man and Blow Your Mind, Eve will be blazing alongside ingenuous rapper Busta Rhymes and hot local acts PROkid and KB. While Busta Rhymes will be ‘making it clap’, potent battle MCee PROkid and hot vocalist KB will be holding it down for the phenomenal local music scene. The annual Joburg Arts Alive International Festival springs to life on Thursday 1st September and runs to Sunday 4th September 2005 across various venues in Johannesburg; and features a wide array of cultural art forms including music, visual art, theatre, spoken word, comedy and dance, delivered by the finest South African, African and international artists. The festival line up includes Freedom to Dance; Africa Unites in Newtown featuring African jazz and world music acts from around the continent; Jozi Spring Celebration, Comedy Nine Nine, Jozi Rocks, Jazz on the Lake, Spiritual Experience, two theatre productions – Sophiatown and Bling and Festival of Dance amongst others. Tickets for the LIVE IN JOZI concert with Eve, Busta Rhymes, PROkid and KB are on sale at Computicket outlets nationwide from R150....
Your chance to let 5fm know what you really want!
For once you get to choose what you hear on 5fm – that will be a unique experience. It’s their birthday and they’re saying SCREW THE PLAYLIST – We’re saying does it only have to be on the 13th of October? Maybe this is a sneaky ploy to find out what their listeners really want??? Whatever it is, make the most of it! There are prizes to be won.CL… ICK HERE FOR 5FM How about everyone sends in requests for good local music ONLY – some ideas of bands that we don’t hear enough of on 5’ve: Brikz, Kwani Experience, Cassette, T’zozo en Professor, KB, Airship Orange, MXO, Fokofpolisiecar, Fuzigish, Kabelo and many many more hot and happening Spring bands???? OH ja, and you can also win prizes: For a long, long time, 5FM has stuck to our formula. We’ve researched and refined, we’ve consulted and complied. We’ve delivered the tunes we know YOU like, but we’ve always decided which ones to play. This year, just for one day – our birthday on the 13th of October – we’re trying something new. We’re saying… SCREW the Playlist! On October 13th 5fm and Nashua Mobile give you the chance to Screw the Playlist. Keep listening for details. And with Nashua Mobile win one of 13 Motorola V3 RAZR with the choice of Network Starter Pack on either Cell C, MTN or Vodacom. Each prize is valued at R2000, on the Network Starter Pack of your choice. We’re gagging the Programme Manager We’re switching off the computer For one day only- October 13th- what we play is up to you 13 songs an hour for 13 hours – its all up to you! Make your choice – sms happy birthday to 33345 We don’t care what it is – if it gets votes, we’ll play it. It’s our birthday – so Screw the Playlist! No one else gives you that much choice, because they don’t care as much as we do Screw the Playlist – because it’s our birthday – and we’re dong this because we can. If you send in your vote to 33345, you could win a one of 13 Motorola V3 RAZR. So get voting and...
Be at the Cultural Revolution in Jozi city – 26 July
After a number of vague murmurings of “SOMETHING BIG” going down in the city on a cold Tuesday morning next week, we finally have some more meat on this gig and can tell you all about it – If you have nothing to do on Tuesday 26 July at 9:30am get to corner Simmonds and Main and prepare to have a rocking time – the Crazy Monkey boys will be there, lots of musical collaboration going on, bu…ilding abseiling, poetry, party, party, party DONT FORGET YOUR LIPGLOSS LOVIES, all of it is being filmed: Who’s Your Punk NOW????? It looks like this: A 25 metre SA flag draped from a skyscraper on the corner of Symmonds and Main street, downtown Johannesburg. The Time is 09:30 am, Tuesday 26 July. WHERE ARE YOU? You should be there to experience the unfolding of a youth culture project that everyone needs to be part of. At 09:30, the flag will be unfurled. Models dressed in Loxion Kulcha and Ghetto Star gear will abseil down the Y of our national flag to a platform several stories below where ska punk heroes Fuzigish will be playing with afro funk legend Sliq Angel and switching microphones with Julius Makweru of Y FM and his slam poets. While down below on street level Brendan Jack of Crazy Monkey will be giving foot skating lessons. Why? Because the cultural revolution has begun. Because the time is now. Because this kind of collaboration, of cross over, of cross pollination is a small sample of what we have to offer in SA and its time we all stood up and took notice! This is your notice, this is all the invitation you need. Don’t worry about whether you belong or not, just come on down and join in with us. When: Tuesday 26 July 2005 Time: 09:30 am Where: Cnr Symmonds and Main Who: Fuzigish, Sliq Angel, Loxion Kulcha, Ghetto star, Julius Makweru, Crazy Monkey, Motherland Come and hear and be heard as we demand that SA take notice of the cultural revolution that is happening under their noses. Don’t be formal, just be...
OPERA @ MONTPELLIER Restaurant in Parktown North
Sundays will never be the same for Opera lovers… make the most early Winter evenings and secure your table at Montpellier Restaurant in Parktown North where you can listen to great Opera and enjoy your meal or drinks , they’ve just released their program for the next bunch of Sundays in July and August -get phoning! You can’t just rock up. Montpellier endeavours to create a ve…nue where patrons of OPERA, as well as those who in general love quality music, can enjoy excerpts from the opera, operetta and the musical repertoire presented by seasoned as well as upcoming classical performers. Programme from the end of July to end of August 2005 Sunday 31 July Visiting Durban Soprano June Nel and her seasoned tenor partner Luigi Bianco are definitely going to stun the audience not only with their pick of duets, but also the arias selected. Sunday 7 August Bass Baritone Rex Nigrini and Mezzo Ona Ackermann’s selection of arias and duets include “Bei Mýnnern, die Liebe fýhlen” from Die Zauberflýte, “Madamina”, the catalogue aria from Don Giovanni and “Vissi d’arte” from La Tosca to name but a few. Sunday 14 August Upcoming tenor Righard Linde will be performing excerpts from operas like Le Nozze di Figaro by Mozart and operettas like Paganini by Lehýr. Sunday 21 August Husband and wife duo Charl and Cecilia Erasmus, baritone and soprano respectively, are products of the Department of Vocal Art, Tshwane University of Technology. They incorporated excerpts from opera, operetta and favourite musicals into their programme. Sunday 28 August The highlight of the month. Tenor Stýfan Louw with an extraordinary recital entitled “Aria!” Advanced bookings are essential. 011 880 1946 or 011 793 2334 Either book for the ý la Carte dinner served at 18:30 or drinks at 19:30 Couvert: R40 Concerts start at 20:00 Address details: Montpellier de Tulbagh Restaurant Corner 7th and 3rd Avenues Parktown North Johannesburg Gauteng Street Guide: p 55 DP 99 PS: The organiser reserves the right to change the advertised programme without prior notice. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience should this occur....
BAABA MAAL the legend is HERE!
BAABA MAAL is coming to South Africa – make sure to catch the “Nightingale’ in action… OppiKoppi Productions is proud to announce that the legendary Baaba Maal will be touring in South Africa during September and October 2005. This Senegal born singer will be appearing at some of South Africa’s benchmark Arts Festival during this period and will have a couple of normal… club performances as well. WHO IS BAABA MAAL? Baaba’s previous two releases Firin’ in Fouta and Nomad Soul earned critical acclaim worldwide, reinforcing his role as a seminal artist in the world music arena. With constant touring he has honed and enriched an already phenomenal stage show. Touring nearly every continent including the West Indies, the overwhelming universal response has been utter awe. Aside from being a remarkable musician, Baaba is socially conscious and represents the United Nations Development Program as a spokesman on the issue of HIV/Aids in Africa. He has been featured on both Red Hot and Rhapsody, a tribute to Gershwin, and the forthcoming release, Red Hot and Riot a tribute to Fela Kuti, both projects put together by the HIV/Aids awareness campaign group, The Red Hot Organization. Music was an integral part of Baaba’s childhood as he grew up on the banks of the river Senegal. Born to the Hal Pulaar people, (known to the English speaking world as Fulani) his mother used songs she composed herself to educate and instill in him the value of intelligent and thoughtful lyrics. Technically speaking, he was not destined to become the master musician he is today by virtue of the fact that he was not born into the caste of artists and communicators known as Griots. Through time, travel and education, his experiences have resulted in profound self awareness allowing him to deliver the message of empowerment, enlightenment, and peace. His early edudcation in St. Louis (the original French colonial capital) lead him to win an art scholarship in Senegal’s modern capital, Dakar. There he joined Asly Fouta, a group of seventy musicians. Thus began his study of local instruments which he was later expanded through an extensive tour of West Africa with longtime friend, Mansour Seck. Going from village to village, they tapped the oldest person in each location to learn about the history of the village, the country and the music. The final leg of his studies were completed at the Conservatoire des Beaux Arts in Paris. Following his return to Senegal, he formed his band Daande Lenol “Voice Of The People.” Complementing his comprehension of traditional music, he was also influenced by black American singers of the 1960’s such as James...
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