MUSIC

Henry Ate Special SA Tour

Venue: Various venues (see below). Tel: 011 726 1594.
Time: -
Price: -
Performances: 23 Apr - 5 May 2008
Genre: Rock

It's been almost 5 years since the last time Karma and Julian played together as Henry Ate, but April 2008 sees them return for a special Nationwide Henry Ate Acoustic Tour.

In the 9 years Henry Ate were together, the band produced some of the biggest anthems, with songs such as "Just", "Hey Mister" and "Henry" firmly cemented in SA Music History as some of the greatest songs ever released!

Diane Coetzer writes “ It's hard to believe that it's been more than a decade since a 21-year-old singer and songwriter (in the real sense of that overworked description) offered up her broken-hearted folk pop for audiences in Johannesburg to fall in love with.

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We didn't know it in the way we came to later, but anyone who was in the crowd when Karma-Ann Swanepoel first stood in front of a mic must have had a sense that she was something special. Maybe it had something to do with her particular combination of part-punk looks, self-depracating smile and an acoustic guitar that always seemed a little clumsy on her. Or perhaps it was to do with her see-sawing relationship with Julian Sun - who provided Karma with a creative foil that at times brought out the very best in her and, at others, seemed to do her in.

Whatever it was, it soon became clear through a raft of albums - starting with 'Slap In The Face' (recorded in Willem Moller's Yeoville studio and featuring Karma memorably framed by a swish of water on the cover) - and electric live performances that Henry Ate's folk-pop was just about the most authentic homegrown sound we'd heard in a while. Emerging into the democratic era, Karma's clarity of sonic purpose.

Tour dates:
23.04.2008 Pretoria, Cafè Barcelona
24.04.2008 Pretoria, Tings
25.04.2008 Johannesburg, Sandton City, Blues Room
26.04.2008 Northam, Oppikoppi Festival
27.04.2008 Durban, Harvey Wallbangerz
28.04.2008 Durban, Willowvale Hotel
29.04.2008 Durban, Catalina Theater
30.04.2008 Bloemfontein, News Cafe
01.05.2008 Cape Town, Zula Bar
02.05.2008 Kalk Bay, Brass Bell
03.05.2008 Stellenbosch, Klein Libertas Teater
04.05.2008 Cape Town, Kunskafee
07.05.2008 Johannesburg, Tanza Night
11.05.2008 Pretoria, News Cafe Zambezi

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