Top albums and songs of 2015
Another year, another whack of newly discovered tunes and new music from old favourites. As usual, this is not a definitive list but just what I really liked out of the few hundred… Continue reading
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Lost churches of early Johannesburg
Jhblive published an edited version of the piece I did on the lost churches of Johannesburg. Read it HERE. For the longer and more detailed piece, check out the full version on Johannesburg1912… Continue reading
Cellardoor 10th Anniversary Live Mix
It was 10 years ago this month (14 Oct 2005 to be exact) when Cellardoor threw its first monthly party. It was a Friday night at Horror Cafe in Newtown and I think… Continue reading
REFORM Sound System sneaky party
REFORM is back with a sneaky silently slipped in 4th of July (no relation…) party full of vintage soul, funk, reggae, disco, townshipjive, girlgroups, Nigeria70s, springbokpophits, swingjazz and other rarities you’ll hear nowhere… Continue reading
REFORM party time
We’re back with our first Reform party of 2015 and it’s right in the middle of Easter weekend. Charles and I play our 6 decade spanning mix of soul, raregroove, springbokpop, townshipjive, reggae,… Continue reading
History of theatres in Johannesburg
JHBlive have published an edited version of my piece on the history of theatres, bioscopes and cinemas in early Johannesburg. Here is the link. The site publish a weekly e-mail highlighting all the… Continue reading
Best of 2014
As usual, I’ve not even scratched the surface of all the releases this year (I never do). This is what I’ve loved these last 12 months through my over-complicated music discovery regime. Here… Continue reading
Final REFORM! party for 2014
Our final kick for 2014 takes place at our regular hangout at Kitcheners in Juta Street in Braamfontein on Saturday 6 December 2014. We start easing in at 6pm in what is the… Continue reading
Heaven mixtapes
Heaven was a nightclub that ran from 14 June 1985 to the end of 1987 in Johannesburg at 165 Marshall Street. Many will know this address as being that of the original Doors… Continue reading
Lost Braamfontein
My latest historical piece for JHBlive on ‘Lost Braamfontein’ was published recently. Check out the abridged JHBLive piece here or the full post here. For the full (ongoing) history of Braamfontein and other… Continue reading