This month’s False Bay Folk ‘first Tuesday of the month’ platform has been moved to Thursday 7 September. Doors open at 6.30pm, get your food orders in before 7pm, and the show starts at 7.30pm. The two acts will be Reini Adelbert and Moonlighters, featuring Uta Higgs and Pete van Heerden.
Reini Adelbert (RAMusic)
Reini’s relationship with music began when he was given an acoustic steel string guitar in the 60’s. Despite the low tech of the time, he was “completely infused with music communicated via fudgy medium wave on transistor radios from Mozambique and Swaziland. The era buzzed with an energy still tangible today and it grabbed me thoroughly! My affair with music morphed through numerous phases from the predictable schoolboy rock band to folk groups, garage and jazz bands, finally settling into a singer/songwriter format,” says Reini.
“In my teens, I wondered whether this fascination for music would remain and the question has now been experientially answered! Our home is filled with gear and I still love playing ‘out’ with various line-ups every so often.”
“Most of my ‘important people’ have arrived in some way via music. My enduring love remains for acoustic folk, blues and ‘world’ music; it’s a serious interest – I write prolifically and perform as often as I can. Songs arise from experiences and emotions. Repeating themes seem to be – water, light, the Karoo, the Mother City, African rhythms and melody, injustice and poverty, wanderlust, meditation and acceptance of reality. For a song to ‘sit’ the lyric, melody and accompaniment must synchronise, perhaps something like the recipe for a special dish. This often doesn’t work and conversely sometimes happens literally like a bolt from the heavens.”
Moonlighters
Uta Higgs is a versatile blues-based singer with a superb voice and easy stage presence. Pete van Heerden is a finger-style guitarist who has been playing blues, ragtime and roots music since 1972. Put them together on stage and you have a winning combination! Both are long-time committee members of SA’s oldest music club, the Barleycorn. Their set ranges from blues to ragtime, with just a hint of Jazz.
Diarise Open Mic Night on Tuesday, 19 September. The evening will run as normal with several acts and will be a burger night. No auditions, 2 songs per act, up to two musicians.
Preferably no backing tracks. Covers welcome. Email: jennyeaves@gmail.com, madsginn@hotmail.com
What: False Bay Folk
When: Thursday, 7 September, 2017, 7pm
Where: Clovelly Country Club, Clovelly, Cape Town
Booking essential: madsginn@hotmail.com, SMS: Jeanette 083 321 3651
Carl’s Catering: 021782-2920
Tickets: R60
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