"Mr Mandela" re-released

Cape Town band Trenton and Free Radical have re-released their tribute track "Mr Mandela" in honour of Mandela Day which takes place on 18 July. This time round it features the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra and the South African Youth Choir.



Best news is that the track has been made available to download for free from now until 6.7 days after Mandela Day. Afterwards, a portion of the proceeds go to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.

Park Acoustics in July

Here's the lineup for the next Park Acoustics. 

Nice, very nice.

The countdown has begun

New video: Desmond & The Tutus- The Future

The talented Hanro Havenga has put together this music video for "The Future", easily the most serious song you'll ever get out of Desmond & The Tutus.

High five to Seed Experiences

Can we all just give Seed Experiences a good and proper high five? Today they announced that The Hives and Skunk Anansie will be joining alt-J and Boys Noize for In The City and Rocking The Daisies later this year. Now here is a bunch of people who understand the value of bringing relevant musicians to our shores.

In The City:




Rocking The Daisies: 

MiNNAAR release new EP

Sibling duo MiNNAAR are making some very interesting music indeed. Today they released their second EP, Safe and Sound, which is like the eerie score to an intergalactic epic.

Download Safe and Sound for free by visiting MiNNAAR's website.

New video: Yo Grapes- Human of the Week

                                                                                                                                              PHOTO: Christelle Duvenage

Craig Durrant, who you might know him better as the drummer from Desmond and The Tutus, has released his debut music video as Yo Grapes. I was getting ready to chuck the next slow motion music into the overkill pile, but directors Tom Revington and Ying-Poi De Lacy make it work with this sweet video for "Humans of the Week".



Download all of Yo Grapes' tracks for mahala by visiting his Soundcloud page.