We’re very happy to bring you a 100-minute Tune Me What? special to mark the New Year. We let our hair down and play some of the greatest South African party music.
It was a very special show for us because for the first time we were in the same studio, in the same time zone! We had a blast, as you’ll hear from the unedited and goonish back-announcing!
So! Happy New Year, from us at Tune Me What and we hope to catch up with you soon with a brand new season!
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Well, it’s the last show of the season, so Leon & Brett indulge themselves with whatever catches their fancy, including some tunes from some old friends and – as a special event – Brett gives a sneak-peak of his new album with current band The Sighs of Monsters who have remade a song first performed by the, er, ‘legendary’ Leather Omnibus.
In all it’s a bitter-sweet show as we say goodbye until next season… well, almost goodbye because Tune Me What?will be back for a bumper New Year’s Party special in late-December! Keep an eye out for details!
In this episode, we feature the music of:
Anton Goosen
Black Coffee
Jo Edwards
JoBurg City Stars
Johnny Clegg and Savuka
Mahlatini and The Mahotella Queens
N. D. Hotshots
One Large Banana
The Sighs of Monsters
Slo Foot King Brothers
Springbok Nude Girls
Zinkplaat
Brett’s band – The Sighs of Monsters – which featured in this how, released their first single the day after this show came out. Here it is:
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After an exhausting series of special themed and extended shows, Leon & Brett decide to take it easy and play whatever the hell they feel like, so it’s an eclectic mixed bag of some more great music from South Africa.
This episode features the music of:
Al Bairre
Bojo Mujo
Brenda Fassie
Erik Windrich
Gito Baloi
Hugh Masekela
Jimmy Dludlu
Matthew Mole
Naming James
Plush
Shortstraw
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We spend an entertaining and informative 100 full minutes with the legendary independent record producer, Lloyd Ross, one of the founders of Shifty Records ahead of next week’s Heritage Concert in Johannesburg. We also find the time to spin some records from Shifty’s incredible back-catalogue featuring the following artists:
The Cherry Faced Lurchers
Fosatu Worker’s Choir
James Phillips
Jennifer Ferguson
Johannes Kerkorrel
Kalahari Surfers
Khaki Monitor
Koos Kombuis
Mzwakhe Mbuli
National Wake
The Radio Rats
Roger Lucey
Sankomoto
Urban Creep
VanderWant/Letcher
And Trevor Nasser plays ‘Vyfster’
Also mentioned in the programme is Michael Drewett’s documentary about Roger Lucey, which is well worth watching. Also, read Roger’s book!
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Today’s episode tells the partial story of the heroic Voelvry Tour undertaken by Shifty Records artists Johannes Kerkorrel, Bernoldus Niemand, and Andre LeToit, that band of ‘alternative Afrikaners who challenged the status quo and the establishment in apartheid-era South Africa in the late 1980s.
There’s a wonderful book and a movie about it. The book – by Pat Hopkins – is, by wonderfully informative and the DVD is incredibly moving, especially the parts where Koos Kombuis talks about his late friends and comrades, James Phillips and Johannes Kerkorrel.
But this episode of Tune Me What aims to be a quick introduction to some of the great music and artists involved.
In this episode we feature:
Johannes Kerkorrel & The Gereformeerde Blues Band
Andre LeToit (Koos Kombuis)
Bernoldus Niemand (James Phillips)
The Kerels
Koos
The Genuines
This episode is part of our “Shifty September” series celebrating 30 years of Shifty Records.
Don’t forget – as mentioned in the show – Shifty are giving away a free download of a Johannes Kerkorrel concert via Soundcloud. You can grab it here. And if you’re in Johannesburg this month, there is still time to book for the Shifty Heritage Concert and see some of these legends playing in the flesh.
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Shifty Records was the most important alternative record company in South Africa during the 1980s until it effectively closed up shop in the mid 1990s. It is not an exaggeration to say that a highly disproportionate number of our favourite artists were on this tiny label with it’s studio in a caravan and run from ramshackle offices in the bohemian suburb of Yeoville in Johannesburg.
Now Shifty is celebrating its 30th Anniversary with an ambitious plan to release work from its archives and to create a documentary about its part in those heady, exciting – and mostly terrifying – times in South Africa’s musical history.
There’s going to be a HUGE concert in Johannesburg on the 24th September 2014 reuniting many of the artists who got their start on the Shifty label. In this episode, we play some tracks by the artists who will be performing at the Shifty Heritage Concert.
There’s also some info about the Thunderfund project to raise money for the archive releases and the documentary. Find out more here.
In this episode, we feature the music of:
The Genuines
Jennifer Ferguson
Jonathan “Rat” Handley
Kalahari Surfers
The Kerels
Matthew van der Want
Rian Malan
Robin Auld
Simba Morri
Tananas
Tony Cox
Urban Creep
Van Der Want/Letcher
Vusi Mahlasela
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No, we’re not going to Graceland… in this episode we’re staying home and spinning discs by some of the South African stars who contributed to Paul Simon’s iconic ‘Graceland’ album. Many people don’t realize that many of the artists on the album didn’t only contribute their performances, some contributed to the writing and many more were bona fide superstars in their own country before they met Paul Simon.
Graceland is indeed a gigantic and brilliant album and a tribute to Paul Simon’s genius, but he had a lot of help. Undoubtedly his name and the success of the project exposed the world to South African music and boosted the careers of the contributors, so let’s spend 90 minutes together – YES, it’s an extended show! – enjoying the music of:
Bakithi Kumalo
Barney Rachabane
The Boyoyo Boys
General MD Shirinda
Isaac Mtshali & Bayete
Jonhson Mkhalali
Kintone (featuring Tony Cedras)
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mike Makhalemele
Morris Goldberg
Ray Phiri & Stimela
Vusi Khumalo
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Leon meets a random South African on a train journey from San Diego to LA… and it turns out to be the former bass player of Arapaho. And so we begin the journey there and steam through another hour of great South African music.
In this episode we feature the music of:
Arapaho
Bakithi Kumalo
Chris Chameleon
Evoid
Hannes Coetzee
In Simple English
Kongos
Mbongeni Ngema
Slo Foot King Brothers
Steve Kekana
Thabong Melodeers
Xav
As promised, that video by the extraordinary Hannes Coetzee and his teaspoon technique.
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In this episode, the crime-fighting duo of Leon & Brett tackle South African musicians who have found themselves in tjoekie [the clink, porridge, the big house, the slammer, for our international listeners].
Yes, this notorious array of ne’er-do-wells have paid the ultimate price for their crimes and misdemeanors: they’ve been featured on Tune Me What? alongside Steve Hofmeyr!
Our team of forensic experts demonstrate that these scoundrels should spend less time getting records and more time making more great records.
In this episode we feature the felonious music of the following outlaws:
Arno Carstens
Donald Moatshe
Jack Parow
Kelly Khumalo
Khulekani “Mgqumeni”Khumalo”
Koos Kombuis
Mzwakhe Mbuli
Sello “Chicco” Twala
Steve Hofmeyr
Watkin “Ninja” Jones
And we introduce the music of the fine upstanding citizen, Max-Hoba in our “Tune Me Something New” slot.
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This weekend sees a massive celebration to mark the occasion. Unfortunately like many other South African music lovers around the world, we aren’t able to make it, so we thought we’d do the next best thing and devote an whole episode of Tune Me What? to some highlights recorded at Oppikoppi by a host of artists who have graced the stage there.
So please join us for an hour of great music and raise a glass of something cold to the amazing, unstoppable, brilliant festival of South African Music!
Happy birthday Oppikoppi! Long may you make a helluva lawaai in the bush!
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