Shared Histories Celebrating India in SA


Music

MRIGAYA WORLD MUSIC 28th Aug - Pretoria 30th – 31st Aug – Cape Town 1st Sep - Bass Line Jo’Burg 1st Sep – Museum Africa 2nd Sep – Jazz On The Lake, Jo’burg 4th to 5th Sep – Durban 6th Sep - Pietermaritzburg 8th Sept – Lenasia, Jo’burg A rich blend of Classical, Blues & Jazz lends their music a unique texture bordering between Indian Classical to World Music. They re-contextualise Indian rhythms and melodies, taking them and placing them in the middle of jazz rock fusion and light funk. Winners of the Herald Angel and The Tap water Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Mrigya has successfully toured New Zealand, Singapore and the UK. PT. VIKKU VINAYAKRAM SAPTAKSHARA 28th Sept – Live In Concert at Bass Line, Jo’burg 30th Sep - Durban Grammy Award winner Vikku Vinayakram, is one of India's finest ghatam (a large clay pot percussion instrument) players. In 1991 he participated in the recording of Planet Drum as a music composer and co-producer together with The Grateful Dead's drummer, Mickey Hart. The album featured other world-class percussionists like Zakir Hussain and Airto Moreira. Planet Drum won the Grammy for Best World Music Album in 1991. He is probably best known in this country for his tenure in Shakti, a groundbreaking acoustic jazz/Indian fusion band with guitarist John McLaughlin, violinist L Shankar, and Zakir Hussain on tabla. He also played under the direction of Zubin Mehta and shared the stage with internationally acclaimed musicians like Herbie Hancock, Peter Gabriel and Larry Corryell. Vinayakram featured in a percussion show Drums of India, along with Zakir Hussain, Sarangi maestro Ustad Sultan Khan, drummers Sivamani and Taufiq Qureshi and enchanted the audience with his dazzling performance. Dates, venues, tickets : Vikku vinayak Ram in Concert 28th Sept, 8 pm – bass Line, Johannesburg Tickets R 100 through Computicket Mrigya World Music 28th Aug, 6.30 pm – Musaion Hall, Pretoria Free Entry 30th Aug, 7.00 pm – V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre, Cape Town Free Entry 31st Aug, 7.00 pm, Artscape, Cape Town Free Entry 1st Sept, 7.15 pm – Museum of Africa, Johannesburg (Unplugged), Entry by Invitation only 1st Sept, 9.30 pm, Bass Line, Johannesburg Tickets – R 80 Through Computicket 2nd Spet, 12.00 pm – Jass on the lake, Johannesburg Free Entry 3rd Sept, 7.30 pm – Ramakrishna Hall, Lenasia Tickets – R 50 – Contact Raju Kala – 083 6500897