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Jolling with the Class of 84

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The 80’s was a wild time to be a teenager in Johannesburg. Fast cars, crazy clubs and the sound of those brilliant bands, with big hair and an F-you attitude. The jol is on … we’ll check you at the Doll’s House bru!

In this episode we feature the music of :
  • eVoid
  • Petit Cheval
  • Robin Auld
  • Bright Blue – can you feel it
  • Celtic Rumors
  • Ella Mental 
  • Psycho Reptiles
  • Falling Mirror
  • Hotline
  • Dog Detachment
  • Via Afrika
These are the links to the artists covered in our Gigs, Gossip and Grooves section:

A special shout out to the okes and stokkies on the jol in Joeys back in the early 80’s – the Main Manne What Counts!

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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. Our email address isyesno@tunemewhat.com

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Oppi on the koppie

If, like us, you’re an ocean away and missing Oppikoppi, as a consolation you can spend an hour with ‘Tune Me What?’ and catch a few hot chunes by some of the top artists appearing at this year’s festival.

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Ryno Velvet
  • Jeremy Loops
  • Zakes Bantwini
  • Jesse Clegg
  • Jack Parow
  • Arno Carstens
  • The Anti Retro Vinyls
  • Blues Broers
  • Chris Letcher
  • Mango Groove
  • Koos Kombuis

These are the links to artists and events covered in our Gigs, Gossip & Grooves section:

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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?!

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

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Swimming across the Kalahari

In this episode Leon & Brett play some summery sing-along songs from South Africa, so get some sun (even if you need an umbrella) and bop along with another instalment of Tune Me What?! 

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Leslie Rae Dowling
  • Kalahari Surfers
  • Johannes Kerkorel
  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo
  • Just Jinjer
  • Simphiwe Dana
  • Konsertina Buddies
  • Amersham
  • Red Huxley
  • Mahlatini and the Mahotella Queens

These are the links to artists and events covered in our Gigs, Gossip & Grooves section:

 

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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. Our email address is yesno@tunemewhat.com

But most importantly, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends about Tune Me What?!

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Joshua Tree Trip

We spend an hour in the desert sun with South African music legend Robbi Robb in this week’s episode of ‘Tune Me What?’. We play some of his favourite records mixed in with some of his classic tracks, while he regales us with tales of life in SA, The Asylum Kids, Tribe After Tribe, and his move to the USA.

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • The Asylum Kids
  • Tribe After Tribe
  • Third Ear Experience
  • Baxtop
  • Hugh Masekela
  • Otis Waygood
  • Freedom’s Children
  • Hawk
  • Radio Rats

Find out more about Robbi Robb and his latest project called 3rd Ear Experience at www.robbirobb.com.

Check out our Gigs, Gossip & Grooves presenter, Evan Lazarus jamming with Robbi after the interview.

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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?!

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Live in concert!

To celebrate it being festival season – rain or shine – this week’s show features some great ‘live in concert’ tracks by South African bands past and present, so crack open a lager, put on your funny hat, bic lighter in the air, and get ready to jive and jol with us. 

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Juluka
  • Lucky Dube                  
  • James Phillips
  • Urban Creep
  • Jennifer Ferguson
  • Sibongile Khumalo
  • Tananas
  • Larry Strelitz
  • Ringo Madlingozi
  • David Kramer

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These are the links to artists and events covered in our Gigs, Gossip & Grooves section:

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Back to Cape Town

We return to Cape Town to soak up more of the sounds of this amazing city. Kicking off with some high energy from The Genuines, we then kick off our shoes and take it easy with some laid back tunes.

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Mr Mac & The Genuines
  • The Genuines
  • Maxine Day
  • Albie Louw
  • Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Jonathan Butler
  • David Kramer
  • Freshly Ground
  • Brenda Fassie
  • Tony Cox
  • Basil ‘Mannenberg’ Coetzee

These are the links to artists and events covered in our Gigs, Gossip & Grooves section:

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Swaa’, my bra

It’s a heavy edition of Tune Me What this week as we rock out to Squeal and Fetish, discover what ‘Afro-futuristic darkwave township house’ is, play even more alternative rock and even discover a new band.

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Squeal
  • BLK JKS
  • Thys Nyweheid
  • Fetish
  • Karen Zoid
  • Tweak/CrashCarBurn
  • Dorp
  • Urban Creep
  • The Parlotones
  • HerSuit
  • Spoek Mathambo

These are the links to artists and events covered in our news section:


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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. Our email address is yesno@tunemewhat.com

But most importantly, if you enjoy the show, tell your friends about Tune Me What?!

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

Trouble using the player? DOWNLOAD the show.

Madiba

Episode 7

As we reflect on the sad fact of Madiba’s mortality and contemplate a world without his shining moral beacon, this special episode of Tune Me What? plays some of the great South African music he has inspired.

As the great man once said himself: “It is music and dancing that makes me at peace with the world and at peace with myself… but I don’t see much movement at the back there!”

So let’s join together to celebrate his remarkable life through the music that chronicled it from prisoner, to president, and a towering icon of our time.

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Sipho Hotstix Mabuse
  • The ANC Choir
  • Hugh Masekela
  • Abdullah Ibrahim
  • Bright Blue
  • Brenda Fassie
  • Lucky Dube
  • Vusi Mahlasela
  • Koos Kombuis
  • Savuka

These are the links to artists and events covered in our news section:

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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?!

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

Trouble using the player? DOWNLOAD the show.

Reggae vibes is cool, mon!

Like most South Africans we love reggae and so we’re devoting a show to some of the best SA reggae tunes.

The country has produced some of the biggest selling reggae artists, like Lucky Dube (who was the best-selling African artist of all time but remains relatively unknown in Europe and North America). Even rock and folk musiscians can’t resist adding a little reggae vibe to their sets…

In this episode, we feature the music of:

  • Jambo
  • Koos Kombuis
  • Bernoldus Niemand
  • Springbok Nude Girls
  • Tim Parr
  • Dr Victor & The Rasta Rebels
  • Van der Want – Letcher
  • Ras Dumisani
  • Lucky Dube
  • Juluka

These are the links to artists and events covered in our news section:

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

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?!

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

Trouble using the player? DOWNLOAD the show.

Shoo. In the shadow of the mountain, hey

Cape Town bands have rocked for decades. In Episode 5 We visit the Mother City to look at some of the great rock and roll it produces – past and present. In a future episode we’ll be returning to look at jazz, folk and more…

In Episode 5 we feature the music of:

  • Sons of Trout
  • Robin Auld
  • Springbok Nude Girls
  • Fokofpoliesiekar
  • Bright Blue
  • Freshly Ground
  • Prophets Of Da City
  • Foto Na Dans
  • Lithium
  • Goldfish

These are the links to artists and events covered in our news section:

You can find us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TuneMeWhat

We will 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?!

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

Trouble using the player? DOWNLOAD the show.