Category Archives: South Africa Music
Why Use An Online Competitions
The whole basis for online sweepstakes events is to give exposure to a company. It should either showcase their product or brand. These can be either physical products that a company is trying to become branded for, or a service. Either, option can utilize an online sweepstakes to gain exposure to further their brand in [...]
Parlones Carbon Free Concert
South Africa Music: The Parlotones Carbon Free ConcertThe 2011 SAMA nominated Parlotones will be hosting a carbon free concert; that serves as a stand against global warming. At the Big Top Arena, Carnival City, Johannesburg, on Saturday 30th April 2011.According to the Parlotones website we have a moral obligation to protect our planet for future generations [...]
South Africa music: 100% South African
South Africa music: 100% South African In the early 2000’s we had an annual initiative called SA music week where the purpose was once a year to play more South African music then international music for seven days on all public broadcaster based radio stations, as the years went by the project sadly faded away. [...]
Social responsibility in South African music
South African Music: Social Responsibility In past years we as South Africans have witnessed the power of music, in both good and bad South African music was used as a means to draw courage and symbolize unite and hope but in the past 2-3yrs. we have seen how people interpret the messages in music for [...]
What’s wrong with the South African Music Industry?
The South African music industry is highly confusing the most listened national radio stations play a very limited role in contributing to the industry and CD sales. In the US they can go a whole week without playing international/foreign music on the radio, music is a lot cheaper and accessible, corporate businesses endorse the music [...]
Skouspel
Afrikaans music has come along in leaps and bounds in the past couple of decades. With artists the likes of Juanita du Plessis, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Kurt Darren, Theuns Jordaan and many more growing in popularity, the Huisgenoot magazine’s Skouspel spectacular show has been a wonderful success, every year, since its inception. It is most [...]
Jazz giants of South Africa
Leader and founding member of the African Jazz Pioneers, Ntemi Piliso, with his band the “Alexander All-Star Band”, turned jazz music around and made it into an internationally acclaimed music genre, as early as the 1950’s. The expressive voice of jazz consisted of American big band styles with a distinct mixture and flavour of Majuba [...]
Afrikaans Music
Love him – hate him Jack Parow is the original article when it comes to true Afrikaans rap. His lyrics are both crude and brash and he is both brazen and amusing, building up a strong following in Afrikaans music. His name is taken from “The Pirates of the Caribbean”, a rehash on Jack Sparrow; [...]
Welcome to RSGMusiek
Welcome to RSGMusiek