ZEBRA AND GIRAFFE

MOST PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AFRIKA FOR VARIOUS THINGS INCLUDING WILDLIFE,LANGUAGE, CULTURE,TRIBE etc..BUT MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT VERY CONVERSANT WITH THE MUSIC AND IF THEY DO ITS TRADITIONAL DRUMS OR THE MORE FAMOUS ARTISTS LIKE FELA, AND MIRIAM MAKEBA.

BUT I BET MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW THAT AFRIKA HAS AN ADERENT FOLLOWING OF ROCK LOVERS AND VERY MANY COOL BANDS...SOUTH AFRICA HAS THE MOST BANDS FOLLOWED BY EGYPT AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES TOO HAVE BANDS BUT THEY HAVE NOT RECORDED THEIR MUSIC PROFFESIONALY YET.

I INTEND TO PROVIDE YOU SOME INSIGHT INTO SOME OF THIS BANDS THAT I BELIEVE ARE NOT GETTING ENOUGH LIMELIGHT AS THEY SHOULD AS MOST PEOPLE ONLY THINK OF AMERICA OR EUROPE WHEN IT COMES TO ROCK...

TODAY I FOCUS ON A GROUP CALLED "ZEBRA AND GIRAFFE"...THIS BAND JUST RECENTLY (OCTOBER 10th) WON THE AWARD FOR BEST ALTERNATIVE ACT/ROCKBAND IN THE MAMA (mtv africa music awards)HELD IN NAIROBI KENYA - THEY BEAT COLDPLAY AND GREENDAY....

THE BAND IS MADE UP OF GREG CAIN (HE FOUNDED THE BAND IN MAY 2008) AND IS THE SINGER/SONGWRITER/VOCALS AND GUITAR,ALAN SHENTON ON GUITAR, ANDREW MARKELI ON BASS, ROB DAVIDSON ON KEYBOARDS AND DARREN LEADER ON DRUMS.

THE BAND IS PREETY NEW BUT IS KICKING QUITE A STORM IN AFRICA AND UK AT THE MOMENT..THEY ARE INFACT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING "THE KILLERS" ON THEIR FIRST AFRICAN TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA THIS DECEMBER.

THEIR DEBUT ALBUM "COLLECTED MEMORIES" IS PREETY AMAZING AND CONTAINS AMAZING SONGS SUCH AS "IN MY EYES"..MY PERSONAL FAVOURITE, AND OXYMORON, THE KNIFE...

FOR MORE ON THE BAND, VISIT http://www.zebraandgiraffe.co.za/

HERE IS A LINK TO MY FAVOURITE SONG "IN MY EYES"