Angi Baleta ← SA Music Zone

Dan Patlansky – A Legend at 30 1

May

2012

Picture the scene, a smoky room, you’re sat in a couch that envelopes you in and you’re sipping on your favourite whiskey. There is a smoky blue haze and on stage a man is drawing out emotions from you, that you never knew existed. The guitar is doing things that should not be possible and ...

Red Light Stereo: Fevered X Games

Dec

2011

Daydreaming is one of the funkiest SA rock songs on our airwaves at the moment and on Saturday the 10th of December I had the opportunity to chat to the four piece rock band known as Red Light Stereo, hailing from KwaZulu Natal. Red Light Stereo have been rocking together for two and a half ...

And then there were three….

Sep

2011

We are down to the top three, tomorrow there will be two. Who are your votes going to? Last night our top three performed three songs each and I have to say, although I am very biased toward Mark, this competition is, in the history of SA Idols, the tightest yet. Mark blew me away, ...

Reality Musicians or Studio Pop Tarts? 4

Aug

2011

I know a vast number of people who will not watch reality shows such as Idols or X Factor, and this article is my reasoning as to why I think those people should give these shows a fair chance. In a day and age where the technical capabilities of a recording studio are far beyond ...

Ard Matthews and The National Anthem

Aug

2011

Unless you have been hiding under a rock you would have seen or heard about the National Anthem mishap last night. Ard Matthews, founder and lead singer of Just Jinjer has been preparing for weeks for what he calls, “one of the greatest honours of my life”. Ard was requested to sing the National Anthem at ...

Durban: Music-Less?

Aug

2011

I am a Durban girl; I have been since 1995 when I moved here at the age of 12 and for the most part I am proud to be a Durban girl, but for one rather LARGE disappointment. Music! A few years ago began the Coke Fest; huge name bands with some relatively new SA ...

Mark Haze and 12th Avenue

Aug

2011

It is that time of the year when Idols SA is drawing to an end and excitement is mounting. We are down to the top 8 and soon we will crown our new South African Muso. South Africa is so diverse in its talent and regrettably most of that talent never gets noticed or never ...