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Ma’or Harris |
In today's show, we were joined by Ma’or
Harris – From Beanstalk. We
were talking about the Cape Town World Music Festival taking place next
weekend. The festival will be an accessible inner-city music festival showcasing
the best in World Music in a format that is crafted to enlighten, entertain and
engage. Cape
Town will
experience 32 acts over 2 days, placed on four unique stages, each showcasing
diverse music from across the globe. The festival will feature artists like
Mbongiseni Ngubane aka Bholoja, Oliver Mtukudzi, Spoek Mathambo, Freshlyground,
Zaki Ibrahim and many more. Spanning from Harrington Square to the Assembly and the Mahogany Room, it will
feature: a main day/night live music stage with both local and international
artists, a day time free stage, an intimate acoustic/listening space and a late
night Nu World dance stage featuring the best of world dance music. The
festival will also host a series of music and industry workshops as a build up
to the main event, as well as host a day time local craft market, food stalls
and bars on event days. Tickets costs R320 for all stage full weekend pass,
R250 for Saturday and R150 for Friday. R80 for the night at Nu World dance
party. For more information go to www.capetownworldmusicfestival.com
On
Thursday, there’s a free workshop opened to the public: POPS MOHAMED -
Will give a master workshop using multiple indigenous instruments. By the end
of the workshop a new song will be born.
OLIVER
MTUKUDZI- "Conversations
with Tuku" Will host a frank and open discussion about his life, music &
career.
‘WHAT
IS WORLD MUSIC’ – A
panel discussion about “What is world music?” hosted by Evan Milton featuring
key figures in the local music industry.
SIYABONGA
MTHEMBU (THE BROTHER MOVES ON) – The music of performance; a performance workshop taking us back to
the basic building blocks of the voice, hands and the collective energy.
DEREK
GRIPPER – Will be talking
about the various african guitar styles of playing.
Nigel Vermaas was Instudio for the Arts
update.
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