Barleycorn Lineup Monday 26 October 2020

[Barleycorn Music Club]

Congratulations to our Songwriters' winner, Roelof van der Merwe, whose song "For You" took top honours this year. Runners-up Derek Leisegang and Liftclub, who consistently produce amazing music, took well-deserved 2nd and 3rd slots. Competition was fierce, to say the least. A big thanks to all entrants, finalists and sponsors - it was an evening to be remembered. The live stream was well attended, with people from all over world tuning in to our little club in Cape Town - technology is just marvellous! 

On to this coming Monday, the lineup is 

DAVE & UTA

 

This duo makes up 2/5ths of the band Garage. When performing on their own, they depart from the usual rock and pop sounds of the band and head into calmer, acoustic vibes.  On guitar, the quietly understated Dave Stodel's forte is an abundance of delicate guitar touches – apart from writing and arranging most of the band and duo’s songs. His day-job as a full-time self-employed guitar teacher tends to keep him adept at his art!

 

Uta Higgs brings a wealth of singing experience and she has the uncanny ability to make each song her own. Besides working in project management and design, Uta is an active committee member of South Africa's longest running folk music club, Barleycorn. 

 

 

ZWIKOV CHIREMA

 

Svikov brings us soulful lyrics that are smoothly delivered to a number of different beats. His genres include latin, jazz, folk and pop - difficult to put this man in a box, so we will let you decide! 

DAVE STARKE

Dave strives to capture human moments in musical form - to sum up a whole  host of thoughts and emotions using just his voice and a guitar. He  describes the guitar as a "wooden box with strings, tensioned to near  breaking point – it's fundamental, honest and often scary and it's a good  metaphor for the human experience..."

His music is lyric-driven, performed on guitar with occasional touches of  percussion and some very haunting whistling. For Dave it's all about  telling stories, so the voice is the most important instrument and  everything else is there to be a support structure for the narrative.

Two of the songs from his most recent album were semi-finalists in The UK  Songwriting Contest in 2019 and one is a regional finalist in the 2020  AfriMusic Song Contest.

Dave will be introducing us to his new album Shifting Boundaries. Building  on his first offering, Duende, it is an examination of the writer's self,  but also of the greater human experience. Stories about broken  relationships, therapy and big changes, but also about optimism, recovery  and small mercies. Shifting Boundaries is a true folk album and is  designed to be heard as a whole...a journey – his stories are your stories  and yours are his.

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BARLEYCORN INFO

The Barleycorn meets every Monday at 20h00 at The Saggy Stone Pub & Restaurant, Villager FC, 11 Imam Haron Road (previously Lansdowne Road), Claremont.

Entrance is R30 for members and R40 for non-members.

A full bar and pub food kitchen are operational at the venue.

For directions and more info, visit www.barleycorn.org.za or find us on facebook.com/BarleycornMusicClub


FOR YOUR WEEKLY MUSIC FIX

check out https://weekendspecial.co.za/ and tune in to ‘Songcatcher’ on Fine Music Radio (101.3fm) every Sunday at 7pm, when Shiloh Noone presents the only folk music show on radio in the Western Cape.