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Folk / Blues

Folk and blues artists writing and performing original material, alongside interpreters of the standards. Acoustic solo sets through to full bands, suited to intimate venues, festivals, launches and events wanting live music with substance.

Ama and Anees

Cape Town
Vocal Duo | Contemporary Live Entertainment

Amanda Black

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | Afro-Soul | R&B

Ann Jangle

Cape Town
Ann Jangle is a singer, songwriter and producer whose dark folk and eclectic rock has earned substantial airplay in South Africa. Based in Cape Town.

Auriol Hays

Cape Town
Auriol Hays is a singer and songwriter whose debut album Behind Closed Doors brought a SAMA nomination, and who has played Montreux Jazz Festival. Cape Town.

Basson Laubscher

Cape Town
Basson Laubscher is a blues guitarist and singer raised in Stellenbosch whose musical career started with the band Zinkplaat. Based in Cape Town.

Beukes & Delaney

Johannesburg
Beukes & Delaney are Christoff Beukes and David Delaney, a duo playing an eclectic mix of folk, Irish and rock they call Irish-Boereblues. Johannesburg.

Blackbyrd

Cape Town
All-Female Pop Trio | Vocal Harmonies | Pop-Country | Contemporary

Bok van Blerk

Pretoria
Bok van Blerk is an Afrikaans singer-songwriter with four albums and a string of awards, and one of the country’s most recognisable voices. Pretoria.

Bongeziwe Mabandla

Maputo, Mozambique
Singer-Songwriter | African Soul | Afro-Folk | Electronic | isiXhosa Contemporary Music

Booshle G

Cape Town
Singer-Songwriter | Indie Pop | Folk Pop | Contemporary

Boulevard Blues band

Cape Town
Boulevard Blues band have played soulful blues and rock at South African venues, events and festivals since 1998. Based in Cape Town.

Brandon Grant

Cape Town
Brandon Grant is a singer-songwriter and live looping artist who has opened for Prime Circle, Matthew Mole and Shortstraw. Based in Cape Town.

Cherry Pill

Johannesburg
Violin & Guitar Duo | Vocals | Contemporary | Jazz | Pop | Classical Crossover

Chico Muya

Durban
Chico Muya is a singer-songwriter and former The Voice contestant whose first single, Two Roads, followed years on KZN stages. Based in Durban.

Dave Starke

Cape Town
Musician | Singer-Songwriter | Guitarist | Live Performer

DECA

Pretoria
DECA is an instrumental group led by violin and acoustic guitar, whose debut album Black Sails mixes pop, folk and Irish sounds. Based in Pretoria.

DENIM

Johannesburg
Denim are one of SA’s top live cover bands, with corporate clients including Microsoft, Standard Bank and Sun International. Based in Johannesburg.

Digby and The Lullaby

Cape Town
Digby and the Lullaby are married indie-folk duo Rouchelle Hubsch and Darren Peens, who favour intimate theatre performances. Cape Town.

Dixie Hillbillies

Johannesburg
Dixie Hillbillies formed in 2009 and fuse Nashville flat-picking, bluegrass, jazz, funk and rock with unusual vocal harmonies. Based in Johannesburg.

Don’t Poke The Bear

Cape town
Don’t Poke The Bear are an original and cover band likened to Kings of Leon, with festival slots including Splashy Fen Music Festival. Based in Cape Town.

Elisabeth-Sue

Cape Town

ETHAN FLORUS

Cape Town
Singer | Songwriter | Guitarist | Musician

Faraway George

Pretoria
Faraway George is a folk singer-songwriter whose album Burnt & Found blends folk acoustic and indie with definite hints of country. Based in Pretoria.

Forever in Debt

Cape Town
Forever in Debt are a duo of guitarist and singer Chris Murray and multi-instrumentalist Maretha Swanepoel, reworking well-loved songs. Based in Cape Town.

Gavin Ferguson

Durban
Gavin Ferguson is a folk and blues singer-songwriter with a smooth, honeyed voice and a gleaming acoustic guitar. Based in Durban.

Gemma Griffiths

Cape Town
Gemma Griffiths is a Zimbabwean folk singer with a degree in commercial music composition who has played shows with Jimmy Nevis and Majozi. Cape Town.

Gerald Clark

Cape Town
Gerald Clark is a blues singer and songwriter whose album Sweepslag was nominated for a South African Music Award. Based in Cape Town.

Hannah Ray

Cape Town
Hannah Ray is a UK-born singer and songwriter whose single Show Me Love with Locnville topped the 5FM charts for five weeks. Based in Cape Town.

Heather Waters

Cape Town
Heather Waters is an award-winning folk-rock artist touring nationwide in her 1975 Volkswagen Kombi behind the album Castles & Towers. Based in Cape Town.

Hello Honey

Cape Town
Hello Honey are a Cape Town duo, Nick Kampf and Joshua Samson, whose groovy, easy-listening sound has taken them onto a top-rated cruise line.

Jack Mantis Band

Cape Town
Jack Mantis Band toured Europe on a 40-date run, playing Germany’s Fernsehen Garten 30th anniversary alongside Chris de Burgh. Based in Cape Town.

Jamie Jupiter

Cape Town
Jamie Jupiter is a one-man band on guitar, harmonica and loop pedal, moving between blues, nu-folk and afro-pop. Based in Cape Town.

Janie Bay

Pretoria
Janie Bay is a singer-songwriter whose album Miscellany took a 2018 SAMA nomination, with collaborations alongside Jack Parow. Based in Pretoria.

Jono Simons

Cape Town
Jono Simons is a folk singer-songwriter and guitarist who began performing live at 17, inspired by Simon and Garfunkel. Based in Cape Town.

Josh Roxton

Cape Town
Josh Roxton is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who has played across many genres but calls acoustic folk rock the one he loves. Based in Cape Town.

Julia Lamberti Jazz Quartet

Johannesburg
The Julia Lamberti Jazz Quartet play jazz standards, funk, Afro-jazz and blues led by vocalist Julia Lamberti. Based in Johannesburg.

Laurie Levine

Cape Town
Laurie Levine is a SAMA-nominated singer-songwriter, composer and producer with three decades of music-making behind her. Based in Cape Town.

Louise Carver

Johannesburg
Louise Carver is a singer-songwriter with four SAMA nominations and the top 10 hit Fallen For You from her album Mirrors and Windows. Johannesburg.

Luna Paige

Cape Town
Luna Paige is a South African singer-songwriter with a sultry voice, shaped by seventies writers such as Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon. Based in Cape Town.

Lunatic Wolf Band

Johannesburg
Lunatic Wolf are a folk-rock band whose debut To the Adventure won nationwide radio play, with sets at Oppikoppi and Splashy Fen. Based in Johannesburg.

Majozi

Cape Town
Majozi is a South African indie-folk singer-songwriter from Durban whose debut EP Marvelous Light draws on his faith. Based in Cape Town.

Manny Walters

Cape Town
Manny Walters is a singer-songwriter of electric rhythm and blues who has played Rocking the Daisies and opened for Karen Zoid. Based in Cape Town.

Mean Black Mamba

Cape Town
Mean Black Mamba are guitarist Guy Collins and drummer James van Minnen, playing raw blues’n’roll rooted in juke-joint culture. Based in Cape Town.

Prism Shore

George
Prism Shore are a versatile trio using looping pedals to cover everything from background music to remixed party sets. Based in George.

RAAF (Bottomless Coffee)

Cape Town
Bottomless Coffee are husband-and-wife multi-instrumentalists Lourens and Este Rabe, blending acoustic folk rock and afro-blues. Based in Cape Town.

Radio Kalahari Orkes

Johannesburg
Radio Kalahari Orkes play ghoema, Latin and Africana folk on acoustic instruments, and won the FAK Prestige Award in 2017. Based in Johannesburg.

Roan Ash

Pretoria
Roan Ash is a singer-songwriter signed to Inhoud Huis and Universal Music South Africa, with the debut album Whisky To My Soul. Based in Pretoria.

Roxton Met Herki

Cape Town & George
Roxton met Herki are a folk duo of vocal and guitar loops whose first album together is Slightly Ajar. Based in Cape Town and George.
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