Yet Another** YouTube Video: Fairytales and A Capella

What do you get when you combine a capella, some of everyone’s favourite Disney stories, a 21-year-old film student and YouTube? You get Jon Cozart, and his great parody of famous happily-ever-afters, and where those people would be if they lived in the real world now. http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/diU70KshcjA&source=uds Who doesn’t like to pick apart the storiesContinue reading “Yet Another** YouTube Video: Fairytales and A Capella”

Solange Does "Matchy-Matchy" Better than You (Plus She Can "Saaang", and Her Dancing is Everything)

Ah, Solange. Just chillin’, Outside the All-Pink Brownstone I have posted before about how Solange is DJing, modelling, blogging, singing and trendsetting her way into my heart. Now, I’d like to say that I am a convert- she has impressed me, and she is definitely doesn’t just fall under “…and many more” on my list.Continue reading “Solange Does "Matchy-Matchy" Better than You (Plus She Can "Saaang", and Her Dancing is Everything)”

Eartha Kitt – I’m Still Here, and I Won’t Compromise

I saw this picture of the legendary American actress, singer and cabaret star Miss Eartha Kitt yesterday, and I just had to go and find the original video it was taken from.In this video, Miss Eartha is speaking to an interviewer about love and compromise, and how she doesn’t understand why she would have toContinue reading “Eartha Kitt – I’m Still Here, and I Won’t Compromise”

MonArk – Smiling (Or: When Peter Santa Learned to Love)

The 5 multi-talented guys  that make up MonArk (who either belonged to different bands in the past, or are also working as producers)are from Potchefstroom, and are committed to making music that is “popular, yet tastefully engineered”. They call the genre “cinematic pop”, and I quite like it.They have an international sound, reminiscent of One RepublicContinue reading “MonArk – Smiling (Or: When Peter Santa Learned to Love)”

What To Listen To Now: Beatenberg

I was at PUMA Social Club last Friday for the first time in a long time, and I am so glad that I got to see Beatenberg perform. I had never heard of them before I saw the line up for PUMA Social, so I consulted the wisest music guru I know, YouTube. This CapeContinue reading “What To Listen To Now: Beatenberg”

JoJo! Remember Her? You Should. (Or: From the Diary of an Unsung Diva)

I rediscovered JoJo in a big way this week. Wow- I can’t believe I haven’t paid any attention to her since hearing about that Marvin’s Room cover she did a few years back, because since then she has been working really hard. The 22-year-old has been putting in a lot of hours at the studioContinue reading “JoJo! Remember Her? You Should. (Or: From the Diary of an Unsung Diva)”

Sara Bareilles Does Beyonce

How did I not know that Sara Bareilles did a cover of Single Ladies before now? http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/b1qD4LtaRIU&source=uds It is so good! Who would’ve thought that an RnB club hit could translate so well into a “Doo-Wopey voice and piano kind of song”, as Sara calls it? Thanks for this, Billboard.