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The making of Paradise Road – Joy recording 1979/80 By Greg Cutler Greg has kindly given me his in the room story of that famous recording, Greg did the work. The story begins sometime in late 1978 early 1979.  Patric Van Blerk, who was on a sabbatical from the music industry at the time, had shown a…

More in Arts: FYI: Bookmarks and Art for Art’s Sake Announce 6th Annual Student Art Contest March 29, 2017 CCD Presents: Poetry by Rick Jordan March 22, 2017 WS/FC School’s “Spring Arts Extravaganza” Opens Wednesday, March 22 March 22, 2017 Public art installation by UNCSA lighting design students scheduled for April 4-8 at Merschel Plaza […]

Apple, Cartier, Tiffany, and other tastemakers in art and fashion bask in the glow created by Lucifer Lighting.

Any release featuring South African alto saxophonist Kippie Moeketsi (1925-1983) is to be warmly welcomed. This is a reissue of a 1977 collaboration with the Paris-based Oklahoma-born tenor saxophonist Hal Singer (1919-2020) that has been unavailable for 40 years. Often introduced as ‘Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro’ by his close friend Abdullah Ibrahim, Moeketsi was a member of the Jazz Epistles, the trailblazing 1950s band, alongside Ibrahim, Hugh Masekela and Jonas Gwangwa, who all stated m...