Good day fellow readers!
This past weekend saw many a dazzling smile as the 17th annual South African Music awards rolled round once again. The prestigious event took place over two nights in Monte Casino in Johannesburg as well as via live streaming audio to ensure as much publicity as possible.
Artists were nominated and won in a range of categories including
- Best Reggae Album (Winner: Jah Seed)
- Best Engineer (Winner: Freshly Ground) and
- Best Global Dance Album (Winner: Goldfish)
Nominees included Singer/songwriter Loyiso Bala with 3 nominations for Male Artist Of The Year and Best Adult Contemporary Album in English with his latest album "Full Circle" as well as "Wrong For You" nominated for Record Of The Year. Zebra and Giraffe saw their strumming and drumming tunes on the album "The Inside" for Best Rock Album in the English category.
Mixing guru Dj Kent saw his nomination for Best Urban Dance Album with "I Can't Survive" take fruition as winner of the category against the likes of Liquideep with "Fabrics Of The Heart" and Giggs Superstar with his mixes in Deep House Chronicles 4.
The Parlotones proved once again that they can have their proverbial cake and eat it too as they were nominated in 3 different categories with two nominations in the category Best Music Video Of The Year for their tracks "Life Design" and "The Stars fall down", the latter of which took the curtain call.
It's wonderful to see so much talent in the South African arts industry. With 11 official languages and so much individual talent to sift through, I only wish I could have been there myself!
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