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Pop Rock Band Satellite 79 Release New Single And Music Video – A Moody And Emotional Hymn To Autumn

MyPR: Pop Rock Band Satellite 79 Release New Single And Music Video – A Moody And Emotional Hymn To Autumn:

Satellite 79 release their brand new single, Autumn.

The song is the first single, and title track, from the upcoming album Autumn and is exactly what it sounds like; a hymn to Autumn, both the season and the mood.

Just as their previous album, ‘Into The Sun’ was a nod to all things summer, the new album is both more melancholy and more thoughtful.

‘Autumn’, the song, is essentially about both the season and the mood of longing and loss that it often inspires in us.
It can be seen as both a personal and a universal sentiment and it will be at the heart of the album which will follow later this year.

Satellite 79’s last three singles all made the MixFM Top Twenty and 200 Sirens reached number 5 on the charts.

“We have high hopes for Autumn, especially because it has fast become both a favourite song to play live, and an audience favourite”

The video for the song, shot and directed by lead vocalist Robin Finch, perfectly captures the mood and feel of the song. The song was engineered and produced (At Darkstar Studio) by The Kevins: Kevin Botha, bass player in the band (and sometime songwriter with Mango Groove, Vicky Sampson and others) and the legendary Kevin Leicher who has produced records by Josie Field and Louise Carver (among many others) and often plays guitar in Arno Carstens’s Joburg lineup.
The song also features the fantastic sax stylings of the awesome Barry Snym

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Have you tried: Whale and Dolphin Watching in Algoa Bay?

Did you know this about Johannesburg? 40% of all the world’s human ancestor fossils have been discovered in and around Johannesburg: Most of the fossils were found in the area which is now known as the Cradle of Humankind. It was declared as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The site currently occupies 47,000 hectares and contains a complex of limestone caves.

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Sophiatown: The Lost “Paris of the Transvaal”

Sophiatown’s golden age was the 1940s and 50s. It was a dense, vibrant, and often dangerous neighborhood, characterized by “backyard” rooms, shebeens (illegal speakeasies), and a sophisticated social scene. It was the birthplace of Kwaito’s ancestors and the legendary “Marabi” music—a blend of traditional African rhythms and American ragtime. The streets were home to the most iconic figures of African literature and music: Miriam Makeba found her voice here; Hugh Masekela received his first trumpet from a local priest; and the writers of Drum magazine, like Can Themba and Bloke Modisane, used the neighborhood as their muse. They dressed in Fedora hats and double-breasted suits, channeling the style of Hollywood gangsters and Harlem intellectuals, creating a world that was cosmopolitain, intellectual, and radically multi-racial.

However, the “Bohemia” of Sophiatown was an existential threat to the National Party’s vision of total racial separation. The government viewed it as a “black spot” in a white area. In 1955, the state launched Western Areas Removal Scheme. On the morning of February 9th, 2,000 heavily armed police officers moved in, forcing families into trucks at gunpoint. They were relocated to the newly established matchbox houses of the South Western Townships (Soweto), 20 kilometers away. The resistance was led by figures like Trevor Huddleston, the Anglican priest whose church, St. Joseph’s, still stands today. Despite the slogan “Ons dak nie, ons pola hier” (We are not moving, we are staying here), the bulldozers were relentless.