RHUMBELOW THEATRE
Tina’s Hotel, 14 Beryldene Rd, Kloof

Presents

TINA’S & TUNES – 3 to 16 April 2017
Music Festival

MON 03 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with THOMSON & TURRELL
TUE  04 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with CALLI THOMSON
WED 05 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with THOMAS LEEB (feat) GUY BUTTERY
THU  06 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with GAVIN FERGUSON
FRI   07 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with “THE BURTON NAIDOO TRIO”
SAT  08 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with CHLOE CLARK, CALEB FROW & NICO BADENHORST
SUN  09 APR 2017   Show starts 14.00 - An afternoon with MIRIAM ERASMUS                        

MON 10 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with PARABLE 15
TUE  11 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with “RETROBEAT”
WED 12 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with TAKE2 – Daniel Sheldon & Gerald Sloan
THU  13 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with RUSTY RED, CHRIS MELLING & SKIPPY KUBHEKA
FRI   14 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with RENE TSHIAKANYI & RICHARD ELLIS
SAT   15 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with “HEELS OVER HEAD”
SUN   16 APR 2017   Show starts 14.00 - An afternoon with “BEATROUTE”

(Venue opens 90 minutes before show for drinks)
(For Restaurant reservations please contact 031 764 7843)

MON 03 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with THOMSON & TURRELL

Thomson & Turrell : an evening of whacky musical fun, featuring  Barry on acoustic guitar and Andy on a variety of instruments. Any Turrell and Barry have been collegues since 1999, and have played many shows together from Sneddon, Barnyard to heritage theatres.

Andy is a multi instrumentalist, with a crazy sense of humour: perfectly suited to a fun twist on Barry’s repertoire. Andy’s guitar talents will be showcased alongside Barry, where they share funny stories about past shows, and try out some brand new songs, played on a variety of instruments.

TUE  04 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with CALLI THOMSON

Calli pays tribute to piano ladies & other artists who inspire her including Nina Simone, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Fleetwood Mac, Sheryl ((spelt with an S not a C)) Crow, Dixie Chicks, Sting & Bonnie Raitt.

WED 05 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with THOMAS LEEB (feat GUY BUTTERY)

Thomas Leeb picked up the guitar for the same reason as every thirteen-year-old boy: he wanted
to meet girls. He soon fell in love with the instrument, played his first solo concert at the age of fifteen and released his first acoustic guitar album at seventeen. Leeb is a frequent performer at concerts and festivals in Asia, the Americas and Europe and has been featured in numerous guitar magazines all over the world. Every year, he teaches workshops and master classes in universities and colleges and his album “Desert Pirate” was voted one of the essential albums of the last twenty years by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.

His peculiar guitar style owes as much to percussive techniques as traditional fingerstyle guitar. What sets Thomas Leeb apart from some of his contemporaries is his ability to make pyrotechnics serve the music. Three years studying West African traditional music give him a sense of timing and groove that is unusual in a guitarist. All this has earned him a loyal worldwide following and influential fans such as Eric Roche who was his guitar teacher, “for about five minutes and then I heard him play”, Jon Gomm awarded him “ten out of ten Gomms” and Guthrie Govan who thinks that “what Thomas does on an acoustic guitar probably shouldn’t be legal.”

“Jolly good. Lovely playing, lovely sound”. – David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)

“Thomas is probably my favourite percussive guitar player.” – Newton Faulkner

www.thomasleeb.com | www.facebook.com/thomasleebofficial | thomas@thomasleeb.com

THU  06 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with GAVIN FERGUSON

 A singer, songwriter, guitarist and Upbeat live acoustic performer with aloop pedal and effects as well as a producer with a home studio

Gavin has opened up and shared the stage with artists like Khan from The Parlatones, Short Straw, LocknVille, Jeremy Loops,Mathew Mole, John Ellis from Tree 63, Majozi, December streets, Crash Car Burn and such as well play at festivals like Splashy Fen,Smoking Dragon, Lube and Tube,Biosphere, White Mountain, Peacanwood Octoberfest and the likes.

He is the resident musician at the Oyster Box, Zimbali playing regularly at Elangeni, Maharani, Tall Ships and Blue Waters Hotel. His playlist is diverse and appeals to a large audience, hence the set-list below encompasses a large mix of genres and artists. Some of the names include Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darrin, The Drifters, Elvis Presley all the way through to Ed Sheeran, George Ezra, Bruno Mars, The Weekend and Calvin Harris and Shaun Mendez with also a bit of Black Street and R-Kelly in between.

FRI    07 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with “The BURTON NAIDOO TRIO”

Durban-born pianist, arranger and composer Burton Naidoo started piano lessons at the age of 6 years old with Simon Kerdachi at the Simon Kerdachi Academy of Music. The stylings of the Twentieth Century Composers, namely twelve tone rows, poly harmony and extended composition were also a huge influence on his compositional and playing styles.

Dimitri Shostakovitch, Alben Berg and Stockhausen to name a few. Burton Naidoo is one of the country’s most promising and creative young pianists. A talent of rare taste and distinction, Burton’s approach to the jazz idiom always borders on the adventurous and daring. Comfortable in a variety of musical ensemble settings and always probing the parameters of performance Burton always displays an interesting flair and dynamism.

The trio consists of Burton Naidoo on piano, Jude Kendrick on drums and there will be a surprise bass player will  certainly have you mesmerized by his tasty bass tones.

SAT   08 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with CHLOE CLARK, CALEB FROW & NICO BADENHORST

Chloe Clark is a well known performer having performed with some of SA’s top Jazz artists, along side other South African Favourites Arno Carstens, Gangs of ballet, Majozi, Joseph Clark, Ard Mathews, Kyle Dutch and the list goes on… She has sung baking vocals for Ronan Keating and has performed several times with the Kwa Zulu Natal philharmonic orchestra. Chloe completed her honours in jazz vocal performance and vocal technique in 2015. She has been in the finals of SA idols twice, making the Top 30 in 2014, Chloe was also a finalist in the first season on The Voice South Africa 2016.  You can find all of her latest singers on iTunes/googleplay.

Chloe Clark will be teaming up with Caleb Frow and Nico Badenhorst.

She will be covering a few of your favourites and she will also be showcasing her EP that she released last year and a sneaky few new numbers that she has up her sleeve.

SUN  09 APR 2017   Show starts 14.00 - An afternoon with MIRIAM ERASMUS

Years ago, Mim and friends had a once a month folk club at Tina's. This is a full circle moment as Mim returns to sing her folk songs for us. Taking us on a journey, from her early childhood days, she tells the tale and sings the song to match. You will know many of the songs and be happy to sing along.

Her songs, like 'The beautiful pass at Van Reenen', 'Umgeni' and 'Over Africa' have become part of our music heritage.

Nothing makes her happier than to share her love, and to hear folks singing along. These songs, and the music of South Africa, are becoming world renowned now, and Mim is part of this surge, touring overseas every year to bring our songs and stories to a wider audience.

Don't miss the chance to be with South Africa's “Queen of Folk”, before she leaves on another tour in May. 

MON 10 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with PARABLE 15
Jason Andrew, Marc Skarda, Bryce Skarda & Mali Sewell

Parable Fifteen is best described as ‘New Country’ or ‘Modern rock’, the genre of ‘Pop’ is far too widely used, even abused, but we’ll add it in there somewhere!

Parable’s are essentially ‘stories with principles’ and that is exactly what Parable Fifteen’s songs are all about... life experiences, with hidden lessons embedded deep within.

After living in Nashville, TN in America for a number of years, working within the heart of the music industry, Marc (Skarda) returned to his roots in South Africa and began writing music with his brother, Bryce (Breeds) .... who in the meantime had performed in a number of bands & impacted the local market as a Sound & Lighting Engineer, in & around Kwazulu Natal.

With over 20 years of collective experience performing & engaging with the music industry, they decided to sit down & write songs ... together .... just for the fun of it! What transpired was the start of a moving collection, written from deep within, touching the struggles of mankind & flirting with the aspirations that one dreams of.

After playing at a few Open Mic’s & Local Music Clubs, interest grew and the feedback was overwhelmingly encouraging, inspiring the brothers to adventure into other formats on stage.

Post the release of their first song to radio, the start of 2015 saw “Rain on the Ocean” attain a place in the Top Ten, on select National charts. The band quickly climbed the ReverbNation ‘Pop’ charts in South Africa, hitting No 1 in just 2 weeks. The rest of year, saw Parable Fifteen playing more than 35 shows, working hard at entertaining & delighting their rapidly expanding fan base. By the end of 2015, they had released their first full length album, entitled ‘stories’, which showcases the musical talents of the Parable Pair. Post the album launch, ‘Trust Me’ was play listed immediately, with a high rotation status, on select radio stations and over 3000 you tube views.

The band launched into 2016, with a strategic approach to break into the YouTube world. Releasing a YouTube Video every fortnight to their ‘Acoustic Sessions Playlist’, has not only attracted the international scouts, but has achieved merits within itself. Their release of an original, ‘As I Thought’ on the 24th of February, attracted over 2000 views within the first 24 hours of been published.

2017 saw the addition of Drummer :”Mali Sewell” and Bass Player “Jason Andrew”, Both seasoned musicians,  who add a dynamic rounded Rock element to the band. The new 4 piece band are currently finishing off their sophomore Full length cd and are set to tour and Promote their new Album as of May 2017

TUE  11 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with “RETROBEAT”

The Thomas More Retrobeats are a dynamic group of young up and coming vocalists. They range from 15 to 18 years old and are all at Thomas More College in Kloof. They won the national a Capella competition in Klerksdorp in 2014 and 2015 and have sung backing for Arno Carstens at The Old Mutual Music at the Lake mothers day concert in 2016. They all sang backing for Chloe Clark at her album launch in 2016. The Retrobeats mainly sing a Capella and occasionally are accompanied by the piano. You will hear some delicious four part harmonies and they often enjoy and arrangements from the well known a Capella group, The Pentatonix.

WED 12 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with TAKE2 – Daniel Sheldon & Gerald Sloan

Take2 is one of Durban’s Busiest and fullest sounding Jazz duos. Featuring the Giant of the Jazz Guitar in KZN Mr Gerald Sloan on Guitar and long time Partner in musical and nonsensical matters Daniel Sheldon on Trumpet and percussion. The duo has been playing gigs since 2009 featuring at many delightful wine tastings, corporate cocktails and even as a regular feature on the MATCH Hospitality suites during the 2010 Soccer world cup. Join us for some easy listening standards and a glass of your favourite tipple.

THU  13 APR 2017   Show starts 19.30 - An evening with RUSTY RED, CHRIS MELLING & SKIPPY KUBHEKA

Over the last few years, Rusty Red has been honing his skills with an array of formidable acts such as The Black Lapels and Splashy Fen legends, The Hairy Legged Lentil Eaters. Rusty has even been seen sharing the stage with South African Blues/Rock guitar guru Larry Amos as well as opening for Dan Patlansky when he was only 18 years old. Along with solid guitar wizardry and emotive vocals, and combined with the unshakeable rhythmic talents of Skippy Kubheka on bass and Chris Melling on the drums, Rusty Red will be performing a variety of his favourite numbers from the blues era's finest years as well as some creations of his own, showcasing a new generation of the blues.

FRI    14 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with RENE TSHIAKANYI & RICHARD ELLIS

A Singer/Songwriter with songs in French,  English,  Afrikaans and Portuguese.  He describes his music has the combination of Classic and pop Ballads, of R'nb, Reggae and Folk music.  René Tshiakanyi is a musician whose style is unique.

This Easter season René Tshiakanyi is looking forward to sharing an intimate moment with the Durban audience with a wide repertoire of songs . He will backed up by the master percussionist Richard Ellis.

René Tshiakanyi is the Ambassador for 'life Line Durban'. A crisis line dedicated to providing the community with free counselling and building the heart of the community,  the Family.

SAT   15 APR 2017   Show starts 20.00 - An evening with “HEELS OVER HEAD”

Thulile Zama on vocals, Lindi Ngonelo on keys, Rebekah Doty on drums and Lee Ngidi on bass. 

The love of jazz music weaved these girls together towards to end of 2008 to form this unique musical force. Since then the girls are always occupied with composing, rehearsing and recording new music and with lots of performances around KwaZulu Natal and the country. Their music is referred to as smooth jazz or easy-breezy pop jazz, they developed a notable and clever signature sound that consists of current African-influenced music and uniquely re-arranged standards. The band is known for making the audience get on their feet and dance to their rhythmic bass lines and their cheerful melodies.

With their sparkling stage presence the ladies always look classy and stylish and you cannot miss the charm and charisma of their lead vocalist Thulile Zama. She is joined by skilled drummer Rebekah Pillay and accomplished pianist Lindi Ngonelo. Last but not least bassist Lee Ngidi joins the band and the flaming fusion of musicians is complete.

No doubt that fans take joy in listening to some Heels over Head; the African jazz ambiance, skilled musicians and vocalist and well-founded rhythm works enchanting.

SUN   16 APR 2017   Show starts 14.00 - An afternoon with “BEATROUTE”

The much talked about +Beat-Route+ Show Band! Hot off the end of their 3rd successful and well reviewed show Mr Bojangles, in Umdoni and at the Rhumbelow in Umbilo. Join us for an intimate Matinee Session to close off the Tinas Music Festival where we play a selection of some of our favourite songs from our past 3 years in theatric showbiz. Expect some New Orleans, some original, some local material and a whole lot of Jazz that you wouldn't expect. Mostly expect a good time - seats limited so book early!!

Durban’s Top Talent at the Rhumbelow Theatre.

Tables seat 6 at Tina’s - R 100-00 a ticket 
Tickets are CASH or EFT ONLY
Secure Parking is available.
(PLEASE NOTE -no alcohol or food may be brought on to the premises) 

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Email : roland@stansell.za.net  
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Tina’s Restaurant  - www.tinashotel.co.za/
Booking is essential for Tina’s Restaurant as seating is limited – 031 764 7843
We recommend that you arrive no later than 90 min before show time for the Restaurant.
A-la-Carte menu available.
Buffet available R135-00 per head (Pensioners R110-00) - SUNDAYS ONLY
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Full Bar Available

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