The Loud Minority

in response to article in People's Post, 7 November 2006I found Melissa Papier’s article “Thanks for the Music” very interesting and I’m glad that she has stopped judging artists whose music sounds weird, and its probably the result of growing up on diet of music that has been force fed upon her by top 40 radio stations, and MTV.Now that she has stopped judging she should begin her journey of discovery of just what music is happening in our communities...

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Nic Le Roux

Saxophonist, Nic Le Roux passed away on Tuesday, 07 November 2006.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~On behalf of the staff and students at UCT's College of Music I extend our deepest sympathies to the family and close friends of Nic le Roux.Nic's passing is a very sad loss for the music scene in Cape Town and the wider South Africa. Nic's music and his saxophone style embodied the true spirit of Cape Town and South African Jazz, while remaining...

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A Flute for Gary

The Monday night jazz jam on Monday 30 October 2006 will probably be one of the jams that jazz elder Gary Van Dyk will never forget. It was on this day that jazz musician and academic and very good friend of the jazz fraternity in Cape Town, Arne Hiorth from Norway presented Gary with a brand new flute. In this way Arne acknowledged Gary's contribution for promoting jazz.Well done Gary! Mr Van Dyk could not wait to dig deep into the jam - his first...

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Beyond Table Mountain

Beyond the ever popular Table Mountain there are plenty of other exciting routes in the Cape Peninsula which have never been explored by native Capetonians - they don't know what they have been missing. The extended mountain ranges in the peninsula offer excellent facilities for climbers, hikers, cyclists and runners( for some it offer a place of sanctification).Best of all is that the start and end points of some of these hiking routes are within...

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