Category Archives: Cape Town

Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman

http://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/239026/vinyl-sales-hits-a-25-year-high Deloitte expects double-digit growth in the sales of vinyl records for the seventh consecutive year, passing the $1 billion mark for the first time since the 1980s. The professional services company expects 12-inch records to generate between 15% and 18% of all physical music sales. According to the Entertainment Retailers Association, vinyl outsold digitalContinueContinue reading “Vinyl sales hit a 25-year high: John Maytham talks to Stephen “Sugar” Segerman”

Record Store Day – Cape Town, 16th April 2016

Record Store Day is an annual event, founded in 2007, held on the third Saturday of April each year to celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store. The day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores across the world” . We are creating an area that allows our customers toContinueContinue reading “Record Store Day – Cape Town, 16th April 2016”

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”

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”

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”

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.”

Rodriguez and his place in The Story Of Rock

I can’t remember when exactly I first heard ‘Cold Fact’. For me his music just always seemed to have been there. A number of the mixtapes from my teenage years show “Sugar Man”, “Rich Folks Hoax” and “I Wonder” as being from 1973/74 when I was about 14/15.

Rockville 2069 Graphic Novel Press Release

Rockville 2069 is a relevant and contemporary rock musical set to create a new shift in this genre. It is a fully orchestrated production that sees over 60 artists and musicians from different cultural and musical backgrounds collaborating to bring a new, sometimes discordant, always thrilling voice to the rock musical scene. The musical isContinueContinue reading “Rockville 2069 Graphic Novel Press Release”

Mabu Vinyl Experiences the Crazy White Bitches

From Mabu Vinyl So we gave the Crazy White Bitches***….what do you mean you don’t know who the Crazy White Bitches are, seriously??? Wake up man, go find out….so we gave these hip Cape Town fashion(s)istas, known as Fani, Isa and Jane, some of our new range of T-shirts (which they then gave their ownContinueContinue reading “Mabu Vinyl Experiences the Crazy White Bitches”

The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012

From Martin Myers From the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of Cape Town comes a group of acappella singers that personifies talent and encapsulates outstanding entertainment – the Yale Spizzwinks (?). The group came into existence in 1914 at Yale University and the torch has been passed down the generations ofContinueContinue reading “The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012”