Monthly Archives: October 2016

S04E21 – Lekker Kiff Jol, My China!

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Ever wondered what your crazy South African neighbour or co-worker means when he or she goes on about the ‘jol’ they went to after the ‘braai’? Maybe they chirp ‘lekker’ or ‘kiff’ when you tell them some good news – like you’ve brought a ‘zol’ to bounce? Leon and Brett provide a handy glossary to understanding South African English with a cracking soundtrack to match!

In this episode we feature:

  • Springbok Nude Girls
  • The Kereles
  • African Jazz Pioneers
  • Jaers Broers
  • Satanic Dagga Orgy
  • BLK JKS
  • Koos Kombuis
  • Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Tony Cox
  • The Kiffness
  • Soul Brothers
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Die Radio Kalahari Orkes
  • Arthur

Remember, if you’re looking for a lekker kiff jol in London in November, the Springbok Nude Girls are playing at the Clapham Grand on Saturday 5th November!

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We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

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Remastered Reruns

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As part of our process to migrate back episodes from the first two seasons of the show to Mixcloud, we’re taking the opportunity to remaster them where possible to bring them up to spec with the better equipment and skills we have acquired since starting the show back in 2013. Today we bring you three such resurrected episodes from our second series. Our long-time listeners will be able to enjoy them again with better sound, and our new friends will have the opportunity to catch up. We certainly enjoyed listening to the shows again after a couple of years.

The three shows latest shows to be remastered and moved to Mixcloud are:

S04E20 – Alone they were great, but when they made music together jaws dropped!

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In this episode we celebrate the coming together of great musicians and singers. When brilliant solo artists join together as collaborators some great music can come out of the partnership. Sometimes it is a one-off event, and sometime the partnership endures or is periodically reconvened. Whatever the case, there are a lot of fantastic records to enjoy in this week’s show when Party A of the first part joins Party B of the second part in contracts and on stage!

In this episode we feature:

  • Penelope and Jabba Project
  • Robb & Pott
  • Syd Kitchen and Madala Kunene
  • Darius Brubeck & Deepak Ram
  • Vusi Mahlasela & Louis Mhlanga
  • Koos Kombuis & Valiant Swart
  • Valiant Swart en Ollie Viljoen
  • Van Der Want – Letcher
  • Gito Baloi & Nibs van der Spuy
  • Steve Newman & Tony Cox
  • Abdullah Ibrahim & Johnny Dyani

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

Our email address is yesno@tunemewhat.com But most importantly, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends about Tune Me What?! You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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S04E19 – Robin Auld Live @ Tune Me What? [US]

SA music legend Robin Auld took some time out of his UK tour to pop into Tune Me What?’s London studio. Over cups of tea – naturally – Robin chatted to Brett about life on the road, the state of the music industry, the SABC’s controversial local music quota, and a bit about his history and influences, punctuated by spinning a few records. But the best was yet to come! Robin brought along his trusty acoustic guitar and put on an exclusive live performance for Tune Me What? listeners! He played a few of his own tunes and even threw in a couple of impromptu covers of songs by two of his favourite SA songwriters – which just happen to be TMW’s too!

So sit back for this special 90 minute episode with Robin Auld in conversation and in concert!

  • Robin Auld
  • Z-Astaire
  • Lancaster Band
  • Ard Matthews & Vusi Mahlasela
  • Philip Tabane And Malombo
  • Izimpigog

Check out http://robinauld.co.za or Robinauldmusic for details of his UK shows this month.

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

Our email address is yesno@tunemewhat.com But most importantly, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends about Tune Me What?! You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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S04E19 – Robin Auld Live @ Tune Me What?

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SA music legend Robin Auld took some time out of his UK tour to pop into Tune Me What?’s London studio. Over cups of tea – naturally – Robin chatted to Brett about life on the road, the state of the music industry, the SABC’s controversial local music quota, and a bit about his history and influences, punctuated by spinning a few records. But the best was yet to come! Robin brought along his trusty acoustic guitar and put on an exclusive live performance for Tune Me What? listeners! He played a few of his own tunes and even threw in a couple of impromptu covers of songs by two of his favourite SA songwriters – which just happen to be TMW’s too!

So sit back for this special 90 minute episode with Robin Auld in conversation and in concert!

NOTE TO USA LISTENERS: Owing to regional licensing restrictions which do not allow multiple sequential tracks by a single artist, our Mixcloud stream may not work. If not, this episode is mirrored on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/7cgIGqoZJTs

In this episode we feature:

  • Robin Auld
  • Z-Astaire
  • Lancaster Band
  • Ard Matthews & Vusi Mahlasela
  • Philip Tabane And Malombo
  • Izimpigog

Check out http://robinauld.co.za or Robinauldmusic for details of his UK shows this month.

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

Our email address is yesno@tunemewhat.com But most importantly, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends about Tune Me What?! You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

If you’d like to advertise on the show, drop us a line at adverts@tunemewhat.com