Produced by Gabi Le Roux.   See video on YouTube.


Dont Look Back

This track was recorded acoustically with vintage TUL mics setup in a live room in Johnny Dose studios in Cape Town. Nuka played the guitar and sang at the same time and did a one take raw capture of a track that will probably be a track on the solo yet collaborative album she is currently busy working on.

Nuka - Several Moons - Single - unplugged

Time

Live Studio EP

Port Elizabeth

My Friends

The Sound is the debut EP of Bevan Soga.

Bevan Soga is a Cape Town-born Singer and Songwriter now residing in the UK who brings fresh and creative perspective to anyone who listens to his music. His thought-provokingly honest lyrics and relatable concepts mixed in with original vocal melodies and head-bobbing groves leave the listener feeling inspired. With a new take on pop music and lyrical content his music is sure to add to the any music line up.

The Sound

Weapon

Slow motion pictures in wire frames
Broken shattered playing games
Time and time again
you need assurance

In your heart
you say it's surreal
Frightening, so easy to feel
Well can you call out and tell me what you're thinking


Cos every time you find your way
You close it off, forget the day
Simply forget to acknowledge life

Dreaming, on the outside

Held captive in an open mind
Fractured hearts cannot unwind
Oh bless us for the actions that we follow

For there are pebbles, sand , with rock and stone
We're falling over, finding home
Slightly happy, seldom in control

Cos every time we find our way
we close it off, forget the day
Simply forget to acknowledge life

Dreaming, on the outside

If you don't know who you are
How will we ever grow
Some things I'll never know

Slow motion pictures in wire frames
Broken shattered
I've been playing games
time and time again I need assurance

Held captive in my open mind
My fractured heart cannot unwind
Oh bless me please
I have no one to follow

Cos every time I find my way
I close it off, forget the day
I simply forget to acknowledge life

Dreaming from the outside

Support

On The Outside

This week, the podcast has been recorded in front of a live studio audience at an event called, Vernacular Spectacular, hosted at Montreal's internationally renowned Swing Dance Studio, Cat's Corner.  Our guest is my teacher, Miss Swing a.k.a. Ethel Bruneau.  In this conversation, we are treated to more insight on Ethel's teacher in Harlem, Mary Bruce.

Special Thank You to Meghan Gilmore and Anaïs Sékiné for organizing the event. For more information on Cat's Corner, visit: https://www.catscorner.ca/

Supplemental Music:
Relaxin At The Camarillo - Charlie Parker

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Episode 67: Ethel Bruneau - Who's Shoulders Are You Standing On?

This track is from the album Just Believe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/HansRaubenheimer1

Summer Rain

Love everyday

This track was composed for The Lovebombs short film "Prodigal" which is a modern day parrable about the fathers love, and I really feel it has a special annointing on it... but you judge for yourself

Second Chance

Sam Jam’s passion for music is evident when you see him on stage, whether it be seated with his acoustic guitar, jumping around while playing some killer solos on his electric guitar or beating his drums. The audience cannot help but get involved when Sam takes to the stage. This Kenyan-born man’s lifelong relationship with music started from a very early age.  It all began when Sam had to choose which subjects he wanted to study in primary school and he chose music ‘just to see what happens’.  It did not take long for him to realize that music has crept into his life, never to be evicted from it again. Sam’s passion for music was clear as he could often be found getting creative and messing around on the piano. Just finishing his homework assignments was not enough for him!  He had to explore what else the instrument had to offer him.

 His move to Port Elizabeth in 1997 served to further strengthen his love for music.  Here he was fortunate to be taught by well-known guitar teacher Dr Howard Nock, helping him hone his skills on the guitar. On top of that Sam started playing regular gigs at 4 Winds Folk Club, which enabled him to build a fan base and develop his style as a solo performer.  He also started playing with a rock band The Righteous (www.therighteous.co.za) who he still collaborates with today.

Sam is a true multi-instrumentalist who loves all of his instruments for their unique qualities.  He continues to play all of them and is looking into becoming a session drummer sometime in the future.  The guitar holds a special place in his heart though and he describes his desire to make it ‘sing’ like the greats: Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, Mike Einziger from Incubus and The Edge from U2. When asked who he aspires to be like a few names he admires for different reasons are mentioned.  People like Dave Matthews, who Sam and his friends have nicknamed ‘spider fingers’, John Mayer, Jimmy Hendrix and Howie Day are artists he particularly respects, not just for their technical mastery but also for their storytelling abilities.

‘But mostly I aspire to sound like me. Yes you can hear a bit of everyone but there is nothing like singing your own song to yourself and enjoying it,’ he says.

Sam Jam has now moved to the mother city because he ‘wants to know more about the music business’.  He was looking for a place where he could be part of a creative culture so he picked Cape Town as it is a city where he can definitely find a creative music scene to be part of, he finds himself particularly inspired when jamming with his friends on his acoustic guitar. This keeps him on his toes creatively.  He is looking forward to many gigs in the city as well as recording an album with The Righteous. 

Written by: Simoné Scott

Port Elizabeth

samjam

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