This payday weekend is inundated with a plethora of Black events in this here, Johannesburg. Choosing one specific gig became a nightmare for the Blacks at Culture Review, so we decided to settle on the below selection that caters to the various and diverse Black tastes of our readers.
Gig One: The Bavino Sermons
Date: 30 August 2019, 19h00
Venue: Keleketla! Library, King Kong Building, Troyville.
Charge: R80
“On the day, Lesego Rampolokeng will deliver poetry alongside Tumi Mogorosi on drums and Nhlanhla Radebe on double bass where poetry will meet jazz and jazz meet poetry giving you an improvisational “free” playing music experience.”
Gig Two: Mesh Photography Series – Nxumalo & Mabandu
Date: 31 August 2019, 10h00
Venue: Circa Gallery, Rosebank
Charge: Free
“By connecting the recently departed trumpeter Hugh Masekela and photographer Daniel “Kgomo” Morolong – a double bassist himself - we converge these shared features of their respective artforms. Masekela’s music was for many years a conduit between exile and home, memory of loved ones and immediate lived realities of those who heard him. His capacity to work across generations expanded on this idea of art as a bridge.”
Read: Daniel “Kgomo” MOROLONG | Hugh Masekela
Gig Three: Zu - Ndim, An Official Trilogy Launch
Date: 31 August 2019, 19h00
Venue: SABC (V1A), Johannesburg
Charge: R150 Online, R180 at the door.
“To wrap up the month of August on a high note, Zu. will launch her EP at the SABC’s V1A Studio in Radio Park, Auckland Park on the last day of Women’s Month. In the upcoming EP, Zu. features among others, talented vocalists such as Zoe Modiga, Msaki, Leomile and Roses in Winter.”
Read: Zu. Returns with Allow and Third EP
Gig Four: Spha Mdlalose Presents, Indlel'eyekhaya
Date: 31 August 2019, 20h00
Venue: Untitled Basement, 7 Reserve Street
Charge: R120 Early Bird, R150 at the door.
“I don’t want to think of myself as a jazz artist, mostly because people box you immediately and I struggle with that title because I don’t want to box myself. It’s a tricky thing. There’s a cheekiness to the album [that isn’t typical of jazz albums]. What I wanted to do was create a relatable album, I think sometimes jazz can be a bit aloof and exclusive. It's not everyday kind of music, you know, and I’m an everyday kind of person, and that’s what I wanted to reflect on the album. It’s okay if people want to call it jazz, I just want it to be good music”.
Read: Spha Mdlalose - Indlel'eyekhaya
Kulani Nkuna
Scrap Yard Blues
“We live in this community only to serve those who are really living their lives. We fix their cars so that they can carry on with their lives. We live in this community but we are not part of the community. We are dirty from 7am to 7pm. Women don’t want to be seen with mechanics.”
Tjovitjo – For Us By Us
I hope that our efforts and energy will be reflected on screen. I think Tjovitjo is one of the realest township stories that has ever been told. It’s not based in Soweto, it’s not based in Alex, and it’s not based in any specific township. It’s based in a world where there is hardship, hopes, dreams and problems. It is about us and our lives.
life-imagine-venda
“I do that by getting to know myself very well and draw from that moving forward. As a person you are yourself first before finding yourself in that situation. As an actor, I am me and then I find myself in that situation. We had the language discussion, we had the accent discussion, and it helped that Craig, Malcolm and Fiona are from the academic world, so they were great guides.
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