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Caravan of Sound

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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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VoëlVryDag

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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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Thundering Towards Thirty

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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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