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MUSIC
Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts
Venue: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Rhodes
Ave, Newlands. Tel: (021) 799 8783/8620.
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Price: -
Performances: 25 Nov 2007 - 6 Apr 2008
Genre: Various
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The Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch kick
off on Sunday, 25 November 2007 with a top-notch line-up featuring Vusi
Mahlasela, Love Jones, Flat Stanley, Watershed, The Parlotones, Arno
Carstens and many more. Also on the bill are the Old Mutual Encounters
concerts which see artists from different genres collaborating for special
once-off performances such as Chris Chameleon & Neo Muyanga, Ismaël Lô,
and Karen Zoid & Selaelo Selota.
Singer-songwriter and poet Vusi Mahlasela will launch the 2007/2008
season on 25 November, having just returned from his UK tour with
Ladysmith Black Mambazo. On 2 December, singer-songwriter, actor and
former Boo! front-man, Chris Chameleon joins guitarist, composer
and founder member of acoustic duo Blk Sonshine, Neo Muyanga in the
first of the Old Mutual Encounters. Pop-rock sensation Love Jones
make their Kirstenbosch debut on 9 December and Flat Stanley play
melodic rock on 23 December. The acoustic rock band Plush, who have
fought back from tragedy following the shocking death of lead guitarist
Chas Smit in 2005, are back on stage and perform on 30 December.
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Seether, the Los Angeles-based hard rock band fronted
by SA-born guitarist and songwriter Shaun Morgan, will play a rare
acoustic set at Kirstenbosch on 6 January. The iconic Afrikaans punk-rock
band Fokofpolisiekar appear on 13 January followed by the
international pop super-group Watershed on 20 January and legendary 70's
and 80's pop-rock band McCully Workshop on 27 January.
Senegalese guitarist, folk singer and prolific world musician Ismaël Lô
performs in an Old Mutual Encounter on 3 February. The SAMA award-winning
indie rock band The Parlotones appear on 10 February followed by
Cape Town Afro-Ska outfit The Rudimentals on 17 February and the
'The Godfather of SA Rock', Arno Carstens on 24 February.
The Old Mutual Choral Encounter, a showcase of the country's top
choral talent featuring the award-winning Gauteng Choristers takes place
on 2 March. Electro-jazz duo Goldfish blend deep house grooves,
live instruments and hypnotic vocal samples in another of their
cutting-edge live remix performances on 9 March. Multi award-winning
guitarist, singer-songwriter and composer, Karen Zoid shares the
stage with one of South Africa's foremost Afro-Jazz musicians, Selaelo
Selota in an Old Mutual Encounter on 16 March.
The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of visiting
conductor, Iain Sutherland, the Principal Conductor of the National
Symphony Orchestra of Scotland, presents an evening of light classics on
23 March. The Jonny Cooper Orchestra, South Africa's premier
19-piece Big Band, play hits of the Swing era on 30 March and pop-rock
diva Louise Carver rounds off the season on 6 April.
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