Author Archives: Brian Currin

Mabu Vinyl featured in 40 Things To Do In Cape Town Under R200 | Travelstart

From travelstartblog We’re almost halfway through 2014 and Cape Town is still enjoying the spoils of the momentum she’s gathered from numerous international press mentions from the New York Times to TripAdvisor and The Telegraph. Cape Town is now firmly on the world map as a destination unmissable. Table Mountain now joins the likes ofContinueContinue reading “Mabu Vinyl featured in 40 Things To Do In Cape Town Under R200 | Travelstart”

Hanging out in the “Wolf” den with Scorsese and DiCaprio

For Jonah Hill, the most daunting challenge of his role in Martin Scorsese’s financial depravity epic “The Wolf of Wall Street” wasn’t getting the part. “Leonardo DiCaprio basically co-signed for me,” Hill says of his co-star, who persuaded Scorsese to cast Hill after he enthused about the part during a chance meeting in Mexico. …..theContinueContinue reading “Hanging out in the “Wolf” den with Scorsese and DiCaprio”

A Message From William Mueller on the Rodriguez Forum:

I bought “Searching for Sugar Man” on itunes – it was one of the $9.99 HD movies on sale for the week (I also bought "Sound City" (the Dave Grohl movie) and "Artifact" (the 30 Seconds to Mars movie) and I watched it TWICE last night – once on my own and again when withContinueContinue reading “A Message From William Mueller on the Rodriguez Forum:”

Music Exchange 2014 Dates Announced

MUSIC EXCHANGE 2014 MUSIC EXCHANGE, South Africa’s premier music, film and entertainment conference, returns for the fourth time in 2014. The three-day MUSIC EXCHANGE program opens on Thursday 6 March 2014, and will culminate with a fitting tribute to one of the worlds, and this country’s finest musical exports, Dr Trevor Jones on Sunday 9ContinueContinue reading “Music Exchange 2014 Dates Announced”

Lions, Wizards and Bars | Mahala

Last Saturday night, after spending an evening (but not a penny) in the Grand West Casino, I ended up in the relatively new Lion’s Head Bar on Bree street. Sitting in the bar is a bit like sitting inside a navy submarine: the walls, the floors, the chairs and tables, and the bar are allContinueContinue reading “Lions, Wizards and Bars | Mahala”

Searching For Sugar Man (Documentary, 2012) Review | STATIC MASS EMPORIUM

In the modern world, celebrity culture has saturated almost every single aspect of our lives. It comes in the forms of the desperation for fame to be found on reality television, glossy gossip magazines and bookstores with entire sections devoted to celebrity hardbacks. In the modern era, a young footballer in his early twenties willContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man (Documentary, 2012) Review | STATIC MASS EMPORIUM”

Sweet Soul Music – Piet Botha & Soweto String Quartet (Jam Sandwich)

Musical collaboration from Episode 2 of Season 3 of the award winning Jam Sandwich TV Show! Episode premiered 19 December 2012 at 22h00 on SABC 2. Piet Botha & Soweto String Quartet got together to create the track Sweet Soul Music!

Rich Folks Hoax

In 1987 when I was busking my way around Spain, this song received the best response, and the most money into my open guitar case. – Craig Bartholomew Strydom     Rich Folks Hoax is available on the Cold Fact album.   Lyrics The moon is hanging in the purple sky The baby’s sleeping whileContinueContinue reading “Rich Folks Hoax”

Escape the Ordinary on the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour

Escape the ordinary on the Campus Invasion Tour, chilled by Smirnoff Ice and powered by Red Bull Mobile Smirnoff Ice and Red Bull Mobile in association with MK, Axe,Ticketbreak and Hilltop Live present the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour in the vicinity of seven national university campuses from 28 January to 16 February 2013 with anContinueContinue reading “Escape the Ordinary on the 2013 Campus Invasion Tour”

Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s

Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s Music Exchange, South Africa’s two day independent music conference that gets everyone in the music industry talking, is set to take place from 21-22 March 2013. As a much-anticipated highlight on the Cape Town music calendar, Music Exchange brings theContinueContinue reading “Music Exchange 2013 getting down to the business of making music / Call for DEMO’s”

2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.

The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”

Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up | Film | The Observer

As we all learned from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, there’s a truth in legends that transcends mere facts. If you’re still unfamiliar with the quasi-mythical story of Sixto Rodriguez (as most people outside South Africa and Australia apparently were until this award-winning documentary made headlines) then Searching for Sugar Man (2012, StudioCanal, 12)ContinueContinue reading “Mark Kermode’s DVD round-up | Film | The Observer”

Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality

I am so proud to release the first official illustrated tee shirts of Rodriguez and honored to have been asked to scribble the magic, approved by the man himself. Special thanks to Light In The Attic, David Black (photographer of wonder), Stella Berkofsky, and Rodriguez’s family, for helping make this project happen. Rodriguez’s music isContinueContinue reading “Rotter and Friends – Wisdom » Rodriguez Official Shirts Come To Reality”

Mango Groove at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012.

Mango Groove at Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens – Sunday 2 December 2012. Shake it up Cape Town, Mango Groove will be back in the mother city for their first and only 2012 show in Cape Town at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012. If their past two soldContinueContinue reading “Mango Groove at Kirstenbosch Gardens on Sunday 2 December 2012.”