Monthly Archives: June 2018

S06E14 – Stu, The Music Guru

This week, Brett sits down for a chat with Stu McLaren, director of Musigooroo, the promotions agency that brings many South African rock acts to London. Apart from being in management and promotion, Stu is a busy session drummer and a veteran of the SA rock scene of the late 90s and early 00s when his band Soulja enjoyed chart success. After moving to the UK, Stu formed The Shotguns with other SA expats and recorded an album in the famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road. Musigooroo has worked with many of the top names in SA rock: Springbok Nude Girls, Ard Matthews, Tailor, Boo! And many others, and Stu has some stories to tell, so join us for a special double-episode in which we play some ace music.

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In this week’s show we feature:

  • The Shotguns
  • Charisma
  • Cinema
  • Mango Groove
  • Pocket Lips
  • Springbok Nude Girls
  • Tananas
  • PBD
  • The Honeymoon Suites
  • Wonderboom
  • Egyptian Nursery
  • Soulja
  • Bright Blue
  • Brenda Fassie
  • Mafikizola
  • Robin Auld
  • Boo!
  • Tailor
  • Red Tape Riot

Check out some of Stu’s top-flight drumming:

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S06E13 – The SatNav Show

In today’s show, Leon & Brett go where their musical SatNav takes them, down the streets, roads, avenues and boulevards of song. The show features the usual selection of great South African music from different genres and styles, and across the eras. So join us on a great musical road trip through South Africa. We’ve has packed the ‘padkos’. Buckle up!

In this episode we feature:

  • Tony Cox
  • Simphiwe Dana
  • Jennifer Ferguson
  • The Jo’burg City Stars
  • Jonathan Butler
  • Roger Lucey
  • Lucas Maree
  • Baxtop
  • Cindy Alter
  • Felix Laband

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S06E12 – TMW Meets David Chislett

In today’s special double-episode we are joined by songwriter, poet, musician, broadcaster, promoter, creativity guru and author of the book “One Two, One Two – A Guide To The South African Music Industry” – David Chislett. In the course of our two-hour discussion we hear about the bands David has played with, managed and promoted, as well as his collection of poetry set to music by some remarkable South African artists. We get to play some amazing records and discuss the state of the music industry in South Africa, and its problems and challenges, many of which are addressed in David’s book, ‘One Two, One Two’ which he is now giving away free from his website http://davidchislett.com.

In this episode we feature:

  • No Friends Of Harry
  • Psycho Reptiles
  • Scabbie Annie
  • Blasting Scones
  • Antigravity
  • The Hellphones
  • New Academics
  • Japan & I
  • Goldfish
  • Shannon Hope
  • David Chislett
  • Shotgun Tory

Get David Chislett’s fantastic resource, ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO: The Step By Step Guide To The SA Music Industry here.

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S06E11 – A Show About Nothing

It’s a show about nothing! Well, to be fair, Brett & Leon manage to play 60 minutes of fantastic South African music while making gratuitous references to Seinfeld… but hey, any excuse to fill an hour with some great tunes by South African artists.

In this show, we feature:

  • The Jonny Cooper Orchestra
  • George Mathiba
  • David Kramer
  • Mean Mr Mustard
  • Kalahari Surfers
  • The Cherryfaced Lurchers
  • Prime Circle
  • Sugardrive
  • Shortstraw
  • Hugh Masekela
  • Peto

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