• Q & A with Aidan Martin

    Q & A with Aidan Martin

    Aidan is most likely the South African bluesy rock love child of Jimmy Page and Keith Richards. His band has just dropped a new music video for their song Refugee. Earlier this week, I had a chance to electronically catch up with him before they set off to Psych Night & Vans Present: Endless Daze…

  • Dusty Rebels And The Bombshells Do Pretoria

    Dusty Rebels And The Bombshells Do Pretoria

    It was Friday the 13th of May, and for once the shit had hit the fan. Now being a non-superstitious, black cat owning and under ladder walking sort of girl, this day had all the Friday the 13th stereotypes lurking around every corner. I heard the knock on The Grind Radio studio door and of course, took…

  • Mieliepop Festival 2016

    Mieliepop Festival 2016

    Living in the ‘burbs can have it’s perks. If you want a Big  Mac at 2 am? No worries your Uber driver will grant your wish. If you need to fill up your ECO car after work but still need to have time to Instagram your delicious home cooked meal? Relax, Woollies foods are available…

  • Up The Creek 2016 – Final Line-up Announced

    Up The Creek 2016 – Final Line-up Announced

          Up The Creek 2016 will take place on the last weekend of January in 2016 and will be held a few kilometers outside Swellendam, on the Breede River in the Western Cape, from the 28th to the 30th. The line-up will include local heavyweights such as Shortstraw, Grassy Spark, Gerald Clark and the…

  • Top 5 Blues Musicians Of All Time

    The top 5 Blues musicians of all time, in my humble opinion. Robert Johnson (Master of the Mississippi Delta Blues) Remember that story somebody told you one drunken evening about this guy that sold his soul to the Devil to become a famous, successful musician? Well that myth is about Robert Johnson. This myth is…