All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
On Friday, the 18th of July Nelson Mandela celebrated his ninetieth birthday. A few weeks earlier, a musical concert was held in his honour at Hyde Park in London, bringing together such artists as Quincy Jones, Will Smith, Eddy Grant, Johnny Clegg and Papa Wemba.
Berry Deep France (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Juliette Greco, Yael Naim, Johnny Clegg, Jacques Higelin . . . over the past years, we have featured some heavyweight musical talent on the pages of the FabFrog, however try as we might (and we did try), Carla Sarkozy (née Bruni) proved impossible. To mark the release of Madame Sarkoy’s latest album, we did what any other blog would have done – trawled the Internet for the best of Carla. Here for...
VH1 (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
Scholars and Rogues (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
One Life , by Johnny Clegg , first released 2006, 16 tracks, ASIN B000I5YROM We’re on our way home to find our freedom and I’m on my way home to find you my friend where we can stand in the light of the people and breathe life into the land again. “ When the System Has Fallen ,” Johnny Clegg “If you have a patch of ground the size of a door, you can feed a family of four,” rhymes my friend, John Broom....
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Founded in 2001, Festi’neuch is a music festival taking place in Neuchâtel, in the middle of the Three-Lakes region. In 7 years, Festi’Neuch has built a serious reputation, inviting famous bands and singers such as Johnny Clegg, Sinclair, The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, De La Soul, Alpha Blondy and many others. This year, Festi’Neuch will features guests [...]
Cherryflava (Free subscription) | 04/14/2008
Still reeling from the Castle lager okes who marked their territory with beer and Johnny Clegg, New York CIty is yet again under attack from a South African ad campaign. In an effort to lure South African's away from the...
EcoStreet (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
There are lots of useful items that you can make out of old tyres. Tyre swings, planters, houses, art or even religious icons. Here’s an idea of how to upcycle old tyres that's as old as, well, as old as the tyre itself. People have been walking all over Africa in car [...]
Blue Oasis (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
I have been a fan of Johnny Clegg since the late 80's/early 90's and this is one of my all-time favorite songs. His band, Savuka, formed during a time when apartheid and the torture and deaths of those who fought it were at the worst. Just the existence of a band with both whites and blacks was a protest against the government but also their incredible music and lyrical images told a better
kubatanablogs.net (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Although I love music, I never used to think of it as a big thing until I interviewed a couple of local musicians when I was still a journalist for the national newspaper. They made such shocking revelations about the industry that they loved and had chosen for their careers. They gave testimonies of how [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/29/2008
Here come the lights and smoke machines, dancers and firespinners and the big sound. With music this good, let us share it:
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 02/21/2008
in post Black History Mystery Mini Mix from Lil Mike's Last Known Thoughts & Random Revelations .
slacktivist (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
I've been wishing that I wasn't such a parasite ... "Take a Look Around," Phil Keaggy "Take It With Me," Tom Waits "Take Me (Back) to You," Cracker "Take Me Back," Van Morrison "Take Me Back to Love Canal," Chagall...
Madison Avenue (Free subscription) | 01/28/2008
Some of my favorite world music. Scatterlings of Africa. Johnny Clegg. Juluka. Hope you like it.
Line Out (Free subscription) | 12/18/2007
This Johannesburg at dusk... ...The video for this great afro-rock song by Juluka, "Fever" (1980), was not shot in the city that inspired it, Johannesburg... Johnny Clegg sings: The night is a promise/I feel it to the core. Young and hungry on the street/Watching the score... Down past an old cafe/Walking to I don't know where... Watching [the people] struggling to get their share. Two things. A night...
SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 12/04/2007
Peter Gabriel teamed up with the Soweto Gospel Choir to sing his once-banned anthem "Biko", but the highlight of the 46664 concert in Johannesburg was undoubtedly Mandela himself.
