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MUSIC
amaBhulu? CD Launch
Venue: Speedway Café 105, Tafelberg Tavern, Gardens.
Tel: 084 577-2418.
Time: 8:30pm
Price: R30
Performances: 17 Sep 2010
Genre: CD Launch
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This popular alternative
‘nouveau-boeremusiek’ outfit was founded in the Boland town of Wellington.
amaBhulu? (which boasts a loyal and burgeoning fan-base) has played to
appreciative crowds from Rosebank to Riebeek-Kasteel, and was selected to
perform a coveted gig at the Grand Parade FIFA Fanpark, during the Soccer
World Cup.
Band frontman Heiné du Toit describes
their off-centre musical repertoire as “Unashamedly eclectic – a funky,
quirky jumble of folk, kwela, riel, blues, reggae and country, wittily
interwoven with 'ethno bongo' boere-orkes.”
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Influences are diverse, ranging from
local folk icons David Kramer and Nico Carstens, to Willie Nelson and Pink
Floyd, “liberally spiced with ‘World Music’, biased strongly in favour of
the African continent.”
In the words of Du Toit, “amaBhulu?
reflects an eternal search for the weft of bastardy within the
South-African sound-loom. There are no sacred cows, and we borrow and
reinterpret freely, while paying tribute to the rich musical heritage of
South Africa’s polyglot cultures.”
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