Number 1 The most read BizCommunity Contributor for 2022, reach over 601 000 subscribers

We're delighted to share the news that Martin Myers - founder of Music Exchange - is number 1.. The most read BizCommunity Contributor for 2022. L to R - Martin Myers, Mark Rosin, Marc Marot, Dr Trevor Jones If you have music and wish to be featured, write to info@musicexchange.org.za. so that questions can be... Continue Reading →

Will Linley to play De Waal park on Sunday 29th January with Matthew Mole & Dukes of Note

Will Linley had an amazing 2022, what with opening for One Republic at Grand West, playing Switching on the lights late Nov in Cape Town. Now he gets to play De Waal Park in Cape Town on Sunday 29th January with Matthew Mole and Dukes of Note. Tickets are R99 bucks from Quicket  Hailing from Cape Town,  songwriter and musician,  Will released his highly-anticipated second... Continue Reading →

Music Exchange musical highlights of 2022

Recognition, celebration, and validation of contribution in composition was the theme on Friday, Jul. 22, 2022, at the University of Cape Town (UCT) when the District-Six-born Dr Trevor Jones accepted a Doctor of Music, honoris causa.Marc Marot, responsible for over 100m album sales at Island records, was in SA for 16 days for the 2022 Music Exchange conference in Cape Town... Continue Reading →

Smiley returns to the Mother City for Toodles 2022 – Friday 30th December

Smiley returns to the Mother City for Toodles 2022  - Friday 30th December A house music end of year send-off at The Woodstock Brewery on Friday 30 December. On the back of a sold out Winter show - Smiley in the Sky - the crew has another line up of discerning selectors ready to go. Random Fact - Jozi’s internationally released... Continue Reading →

STEVE LOUW CHATS HIS LATEST ALBUM, THUNDER AND RAIN, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN ARTIST IN A CORPORATE WORLD

Written by Daniel Luckhoff Wessels From Texx And The City For all his accomplishments and accolades – including a SAMA nomination for best rock album with Headlight Dreams – Steve Louw has a genuine and disarming affability to him as he greets me over Zoom from a predictably rainy England. Since he started becoming active in the scene... Continue Reading →

Tasché opens for Francois Van Coke this Sunday 18th Dec at De Waal Park in Cape Town

Brackenfell based Tasché Burger known as Tasché opens for Francois Van Coke this weekend at De Waal Park in Cape Town. The schedule is as follows 10am: Gates open1.15pm to 2.15pm: Camps Bay High2.30pm to 3.15pm: The Rockets3.30pm to 4.30pm: Tasché4.45pm to 6pm: Francois van Coke 6pm: Event ends  She was the winner of the  2019 season... Continue Reading →

Francois van Coke talks Concerts in the Park on Sunday 18th December at De Waal Park Cape Town

I caught up with Francois van Coke last week ahead of him headlining  Concerts in the Park on Sunday 18th December  at  De Waal  Park in Cape Town. Also on the bill is Tasché who is  busy carving out her own space as the new generation Afrikaans rocker. © Andre Badenhorst The new decade means ?... Continue Reading →

On the Couch with Music Exchange – podcasts #spotifywrapped

https://open.spotify.com/show/7CCcqSqVPZplVsZA81XoY0?si=lpZXh8LKSvGJJjd-uyznJQ&nd=1 On the Couch with Music Exchange

Concerts in the Park: How a leftover pocket between reservoirs became a music hub

By Martin Myers, from Biz Community There's no doubt that a city's heart beats boldest through its green spaces. New York has Central Park, London has Hyde Park and Cape Town has De Waal Park. Image by Mark Breetzke: Sipho Mabuse rocking De Waal Park But De Waal Park, in terms of location, is hard... Continue Reading →

Meeting with Giants #MEX22

by Sheldon Rocha Leal, Medium On the 12th of November 2022 I got the opportunity to attend Music Exchange 2022 (#MEX22). I wasn’t quite sure what to expect and after two years of lockdown, I’ve become a bit of a recluse, not really wanting to attend anything. But I put on my big boy pants... Continue Reading →

Joy of Jazz 2022 in four pics

A beautiful evening at Sandton Convention Centre for the Joy of Jazz.Thank you 702 for the pictures.

Steve Louw: “If you can’t just say it, what’s the point?” – interview | Louder Than War

As Steve Louw releases Thunder And Rain, his second album in as many years, he speaks to Nils van der Linden about finding inspiration in nature, facing his mortality, the power of keeping things simple, a life lived through music, and that one time he shared a stage with Beyoncé.

DE WAAL PARK HOSTS CONCERTS IN THE PARK ON 18 DEC 2022 we have Tasché and Francois van Coke

How a leftover Pocket between Reservoirs became the City’s most coveted green Haven and Music Hub. There’s no doubt that a city’s heart beats boldest through its green spaces. New York has Central Park and Cape Town De Waal Park. But our park - or rather “THE Park” in local lingo - sits darn pretty.  In... Continue Reading →

Sipho Mabuse Playing Joy of Jazz 26th Nov 2022

Sipho Mabuse delighted to be on the bill 4 December 2022

Sipho Mabuse delighted to be on the bill 4 December 2022

THE RETURN OF THE ORIGINAL JAZZ ON THE LAWN ON 10 -11 DEC 

If you are heading to Cape Town this December, then be sure to catch one of city’s most vibrant  jazz festivals,  Jazz on the Lawn Weekender  over two days, 10-11 December 2022. According to Calvin Peters aka Uncle Cal, a veteran promoter and DJ/producer (originally from Matroosfontein Elsies River), “This year we start Cape Town’s... Continue Reading →

Woofstock Sunday: Live bands rock The Armchair Theatre to raise funds for PlumPets Sunday 20th Nov

Woofstock Sunday: Toughguy, Gaze & more rock The Armchair Theatre to raise funds for PlumPets

About last night at Leano restaurant

Stunning evening last night, delighted to have Siphokazi Jonas, Marc Marot and Dr Trevor Jones in the audience. Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse

Profile Interview: Marc Marot, Music Exchange Conference

https://omny.fm/shows/evening-show/profile-interview-music-exchange-conference-1 Marc Marot | Music Executive, Artist Manager and Visual Artist

Steve Louw is Back!

Cape Town, 11 November 2022 – Ramping up after the release of the singles “Thunder and Rain” and “Mother, Don’t Go” (Feat. Joe Bonamassa), today sees the announcement of Steve Louw’s latest album, Thunder and Rain and a third stellar single, “I’ll Be Back”, lifted from this powerful 10-track, Kevin Shirley-produced album. The interplay on... Continue Reading →

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