(Richard Haslop)
If you ever get a chance to see this talk of Richard Haslop’s,
and re-acquaint yourself with some amazing music from a very important part of
South Africa’s history, don’t miss it! (Review
by Barry Meehan)
Richard Haslop presented A
Naartjie In My Sosatie – Shifty Records at the 2018 Hilton Arts Festival.
Fortunately for South Africa, we have citizens like Haslop,
a brilliant stringed-instrument player and singer in his own right, and a
passionate historian as far as South African music is concerned.
Haslop gave a wonderful talk at the Festival on the story of
Shifty Records, a label that boasted a caravan as a recording studio! They
certainly did their bit for South African music, recording a huge variety of
artists across the spectrum, as demonstrated by Haslop in his entertaining and
light-hearted talk, which was graphically illustrated by 18 tracks of
recordings from the 80’s, mainly a decade of protest music.
Amongst the artists featured were Sankomota; The Kalahari
Surfers; Happy Ships; Mzwakhe; Bernoldus Niemand; Jennifer Ferguson; Mr Mac and
the Genuines; Andre Le Toit (later to become Koos Kombuis), and The
Gereformeerde Blues Band (Johannes Kerkorrel).
Some of these names might not be familiar, but if you ever
get a chance to see this talk of Richard Haslop’s, and re-acquaint yourself
with some amazing music from a very important part of South Africa’s history,
don’t miss it! – Barry Meehan
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