Concert: 22.11.2009 - Johnny Clegg to open the Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch

Location: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden - Rhodes Drive, Newlands, WC, 8000, South Africa
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Summer’s here and with it the promise of lazy Sunday afternoons enjoying the Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch. Heading the line – up and launching the series on November 22 is that icon of South African music – Johnny Clegg. He’ll be taking the stage to give the audience a concert of note in true Clegg tradition with his own brand of South African music. Energetic and passionate Clegg is one of South Africa’s greatest exports and, as maestro of rock, he has been delighting audiences for over 30 years playing to sold out concerts globally. He appears regularly at the annual 46664 concert honouring Nelson Mandela. Enjoy this concert and be part of the “Scatterlings of Africa” as Clegg’s blend of Zulu and English delights the audience.

Ticket prices for this concert: Adults – R95 per person, Botanical Society members – R85 per person, Scholars – R80 per person.
Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts take place at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. (Rhodes Avenue, Newlands, Cape Town) on Sundays from 17:30 - 19:00.
For further information and ticket prices: call 021 799 8783/8620 or Visit the website www.sanbi.org
Ticket sales for the sunset concerts start from the Tuesday preceding the concert. Book online: www.webtickets.co.za

Soundtrack for animated "Jock of the Bushveld"

...He is working on music for an animated version of Jock of the Bushveld....
.....When I spoke to him last week, he was just about to fly off to Belgium to record a new album, ahead of his performance at Mmino MusicMix: A Boundless Experience, a two-day festival at Durban’s Inkosi Albert Lithuli International Convention Centre on September 24 and 25....
http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=28208

Next album release 2010

Currently working on his latest album, due for release in February, Clegg is travelling between studios in SA and Brussels.

"This is the first time that I'm not doing everything on the album myself and there's been a lot of pressure. I'm used to being able to take my time and do things at my own pace, but with this album I've had to fit into everyone else's schedule. Even though my last album, One Life, wasn't a huge commercial success, I really enjoyed working on it because it came together slowly.

"I could sit and mull over the songs until they felt right to me and there was no pressure or deadlines.

"I'm excited about the new album, though. It's very close to my early stuff, but with an organic sound. And we've used an entire live band in studio, which is a first for me." ...

http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5168666&fSectionId=431&fSetId=251

J.C. working on a 13-part TV series for SABC "A Country Imagined"

...he is also working on a 13-part TV series for SABC, due for release next year. Titled A Country Imagined, the series, which Clegg is presenting, looks at how landscapes shape communities and cultures and how reactions to landscapes affect expression, thereby shaping music and dance. Four episodes have already been filmed....
http://tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=5168666&fSectionId=431&fSetId=251

Clegg will receive a Kizo Heritage Award on Saturday. 19/09/09

Johnny Clegg, who is being honoured at next week's Heritage Awards, occupies a special place in the musical history of South Africa

Awardees

In 2007, The Heritage Art Festival launched The Heritage Awards in an endeavour to honour and preserve our nation’s diverse cultural heritage. Six individuals are chosen and awarded for their contribution to the preservation and promotion of South African heritage during an awards ceremony each year as part of the festival. These awards are intended to acknowledge the recipients’ artistic excellence and support their continuing contribution to our nation’s traditional cultural heritage.

A committee made up of senior representatives of The Office of The Premier, The National Arts Council, Business Arts South Africa, The Independent Newspapers and Kizo Art Consultants select the awardees.

The recipients for the 2009 award are:

• Late Alfred Nokwe (Theatre)
• Late Bheki Mseleku (Music)
• Johnny Clegg (Social Cohesion and Music)
• Noria Mabasa (SA Sculptor and Wood Carver: visual art)
• Jay Pather (Dance)
• Nanda Soobben (Cartoonist and animator / arts educator)

http://www.kizo.co.za/index.php

tourdates: J.C. 24/09/09 at the "Mmino MusicMix" Festival

MMINO MusicMix

A BOUNDLESS EXPERIENCE
Durban, 24 & 25 September 2009
http://www.musexchange.co.za

PROGRAMME

*** DAY 1 ***

Heritage Day, Thursday 24 September

14:00 – 18:00
Free Mmino Interactive Music Workshops - ICC Foyer

Welcome – Janneke Strijdonk Xulu (Mmino) and Dan Chiorboli
MC’s – Jamad Mthembu and T Bone

19:00 (Doors Open at 18:00)
Concert in ICC Arena (book at Computicket)

Boundless Transfrontier Park musicians from 9 African countries including the great Oliver Mtukudzi (Zimbabwe), Flow D (Swaziland), Malelea Band (Lesotho), Amayenge (Zambia), Stella Kapero (Namibia), and others from Angole, Botswana and Mozambique
in collaboration with
The MMINO Boundless All Star Band
Neill Solomon (MD, vocals, acoustic guitar, piano) Philani Ngidi (bass), Vusi Mkhize (vocal, guitar), Karim Darries (drums), Mark Royeppen (keyboards), Connie Bentlage (sax, keyboards), Dan Chiorboli (percussion), Joseph Omo (vocals, flugehorn)
and
Etran Finatawa (Niger)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo * Ray Phiri * Johnny Clegg

MC’s Kingley Holgate and Ewok