Monday Blues & Arts Alive Incorp - 14 September

Doors were open @ KO’SPOTONG MELVILLE , ALKA set-up sound in African time, well done…DJ Zweli selected tunes crate digging with mixing J Dilla’s recipes (the original tracks he sampled from) varying from Stevie Wonder, Worlds Worst bands etc.. for over an hour raising the bar for the artists and keeping the audience relaxed with good beats.

Up next was ZUMA FUNK songs of love, changing to praising the elders with “My Grandmother is a super hero”. DAMO MOKGATLA followed with heavy Sotho poetry edutaining. Masello Motana sang proudly three accapellas organic, refreshing and all. Next was Monday Blues own SLIQ ANGEL rocking the exclusive Monday Blues T-shirt performing a medley of his well known songs, he called randomly two back-up singers. It was as if they had rehearsed for it was airtight. He was followed by Nelspruit kings of funk JOY OF JOZI. They’ve been loyal to the Monday Blues stage and the crowd loves them, they know their music because LEERO joined in together with SIYA some nice R&B. After that was SIYA B (comic) he’s got material best way to describe it – it was a laugh out loud set! Back to back was SIZWE the KING RAT with poetry portrayed with harsh but loving still praising the devil in a dress, another lady blessed the stage AVIWE DAMANE singing accapella full of melodies that got everyone’s attention!

Then the Orlando West active muso all rounder S’PAMANDLA COSMIC blessed us with an acoustic pleasurable act, he sang beautiful original mellow but high notes blending with MCing rapping while playing guitar … what a dope one! He then was later joined by THUSI bass guitarist and SMASH the drummer… people requesting song cover versions, it was crazy! BONGEZIWE MABANDLA came up next with a band and started his own killer version of Jailer by Asa and went onto his Monday Blues well known original song GUNUZA. We continued with YOUNG J, first time on the Monday Blues stage, was forced to perform on guitar that was played by SLIQ ANGEL, damn was it nice! BADA BADA literally smuggled himself onto stage in the act doing a ragga (true story: someone in the crowd actually asked JUNIOR SOKHELE if BADA BADA (our own) was from Jamaica?...) Later was NTSIKELOLO xhosa poetry. As time was against us we had to cramp all 12 acts different art formed packed with motivation and knowledge into one memorable Monday Blues evening… your AFRICAN EXPERIENCE!