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04-18-2006, 05:46 PM
Wire Daisies and Freshlyground Support Acts for Robbie Williams
source: http://www.capetowntoday.co.za/Music/Live_Performance/2006/Robbie_Williams2.htm (http://www.capetowntoday.co.za/Music/Live_Performance/2006/Robbie_Williams2.htm)
Fellow Brits, The Wire Daisies are a talented four- piece, which successfully combine their love of old school singer song-writing with energy of today?s British rock. Some might remember lead singer, Treana Morris singing at the 2003 Nelson Mandela 46664 AIDS Concert. The band, consisting of Treana Morris (lead vocals), Ol Beach (keyboards), Steve Jackson (drums) and Alden Evans (lead Guitar), were signed in 2004 and went on to perform at the International Montreux Jazz and Womad festivals along with Air, Jamie Cullum and Alicia Keys. Their debut album, ?Just Another Day? went straight to No. 1 in the French and UK iTunes charts, with the stunningly beautiful ?Everyman?, hitting a weekly radio audience of 11 million people. This was followed by an invitation to perform alongside James Blunt at the Digital Music Awards. Their superbly crafted songs perfectly catch the sound of this year?s hot summer nights.
The hot summer nights just wouldn?t be the same without the also perfectly crafted, and catchy hit ?Doo Be Doo?! A favourite amongst a diverse spread of radio stations and their listeners, ?Doo Be Doo? is the hit off Freshlyground?s second album, the platinum-selling ?Nomvula?. Freshlyground, made up of seven talented and diverse musicians from South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, is one of South Africa?s most successful young acts. Fronted by the dynamic Zolani Mahola, the band is Peter Cohen (drums), Josh Hawks (bass), Julio Sigauque (guitar), Aron Turest-Swartz (keyboards), Simon Attwell (flute, mbira, sax and harmonica) and Kyla Rose Smith (violin). They exude a live performance energy that has been the bedrock of their success, and seen them playing numerous music festivals including the Harare International Festival of the Arts, the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Villa Celimontana Festival in Rome, the 2005 Expo in Japan, the Robben Island African Festival, and the big Oppikoppi ?Wired? festival. They were also asked to play before President Thabo Mbeki at the opening of Parliament on the eve of celebrating 10 years of democracy in South Africa!
source: http://www.capetowntoday.co.za/Music/Live_Performance/2006/Robbie_Williams2.htm (http://www.capetowntoday.co.za/Music/Live_Performance/2006/Robbie_Williams2.htm)
Fellow Brits, The Wire Daisies are a talented four- piece, which successfully combine their love of old school singer song-writing with energy of today?s British rock. Some might remember lead singer, Treana Morris singing at the 2003 Nelson Mandela 46664 AIDS Concert. The band, consisting of Treana Morris (lead vocals), Ol Beach (keyboards), Steve Jackson (drums) and Alden Evans (lead Guitar), were signed in 2004 and went on to perform at the International Montreux Jazz and Womad festivals along with Air, Jamie Cullum and Alicia Keys. Their debut album, ?Just Another Day? went straight to No. 1 in the French and UK iTunes charts, with the stunningly beautiful ?Everyman?, hitting a weekly radio audience of 11 million people. This was followed by an invitation to perform alongside James Blunt at the Digital Music Awards. Their superbly crafted songs perfectly catch the sound of this year?s hot summer nights.
The hot summer nights just wouldn?t be the same without the also perfectly crafted, and catchy hit ?Doo Be Doo?! A favourite amongst a diverse spread of radio stations and their listeners, ?Doo Be Doo? is the hit off Freshlyground?s second album, the platinum-selling ?Nomvula?. Freshlyground, made up of seven talented and diverse musicians from South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, is one of South Africa?s most successful young acts. Fronted by the dynamic Zolani Mahola, the band is Peter Cohen (drums), Josh Hawks (bass), Julio Sigauque (guitar), Aron Turest-Swartz (keyboards), Simon Attwell (flute, mbira, sax and harmonica) and Kyla Rose Smith (violin). They exude a live performance energy that has been the bedrock of their success, and seen them playing numerous music festivals including the Harare International Festival of the Arts, the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Villa Celimontana Festival in Rome, the 2005 Expo in Japan, the Robben Island African Festival, and the big Oppikoppi ?Wired? festival. They were also asked to play before President Thabo Mbeki at the opening of Parliament on the eve of celebrating 10 years of democracy in South Africa!