BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:61c6c36472befd2b778bfb4b6b235283 CATEGORIES:DEFAULT CREATED:20240212T092356 SUMMARY:Guy Buttery and Nibs van der Spuy LOCATION:The Old Mushroom Farm\, 11 Karkloof Road DESCRIPTION:Having shared the stage for more than 2 decades now, Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery are setting off for their first run of concerts together in ove r 2 years. Capturing a vast melting pot of influences and musical landscape s, Nibs and Guy are now long standing staples of the South African music sc ene. Having released their follow up SAMA Nominated record “Live in Lisbon” captured on their most recent tour of Europe, the duo will be back in KZN in February and March for a series of shows.\nThese two virtuosos first col laborated in the early 2000’s before their respective solo careers took off with whirlwind individual touring schedules across the globe. Their perfor ming paths crossed at a festival in Toulouse, France, and this inspired a n ew combination of performances and sowed the seeds for recording their débu t album together. “In The Shade of the Wild Fig” showcases their mutual int erest in different folk styles from around the world featuring numerous ins truments such as the cuatro, mbira, tanpura, sitar and various acoustic gui tars.\nButtery and van der Spuy have toured many major festivals and venues throughout Europe and also won the very prestigious “Standard Bank Ovation Award” at The National Arts Festival. These accolades led to further sold out performances at numerous festivals and concert halls in both South Afri ca and in Europe receiving rave reviews for both their live show and their recorded work. Van der Spuy and Buttery were then invited to perform with t he 52 piece KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, dubbed “Africa’s greatest orchestra ” and were later voted “Top Live Show of the Year” by The Cape Times.\nGuy has been featured in the world’s biggest selling guitar magazine ‘Guitar Pl ayer’ which saw him performing at leading guitar festivals throughout Europ e, India, Brazil, Australia and the USA. He has also received numerous majo r national awards including the esteemed SAMA (South African Music Award) f or ‘Best Instrumental Album of the Year’ and was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist of the year. In the same vein, Nibs is a highly acclaimed guit arist, singer and songwriter, being featured in leading publications from F rance’s ‘Liberation’ to the UK ‘Guardian’. He is constantly touring with hi s biggest support base being in France.\nTheir follow up album “Live in Lis bon” was recorded next to the Tagus river in Belém on the outskirts of Lisb on. It was their first performance as a duo in Portugal. The upcoming tour will see this legendary duo perform through-out their home province of KZN. \n\n - Date – 9th March 2024\n• Venue – The Old Mushroom Farm, 1 Karkloof R oad, Howick\n• Time – 16:00\n• Price – R200\n• Contact – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById('cloak30205cda64c1073d394fa316794990ab').innerH TML = ''; var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addy30205cda64c1073d394fa316794990ab = 'i nfo' + '@'; addy30205cda64c1073d394fa316794990ab = addy30205cd a64c1073d394fa316794990ab + 'theoldmushroomfar m' + '.' + 'co' + '.' + 'za'; var addy_text30205cda64c 1073d394fa316794990ab = 'info' + '@' + 'theoldm 7;shroomfarm' + '.' + 'co' + '.' + 'za';docu ment.getElementById('cloak30205cda64c1073d394fa316794990ab').innerHTML += ' '+addy_text30205cda64c1073d394fa316794990ab+''; / 060 470 1218\n• Ti ckets – https://qkt.io/guynibsmushroom\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Having shared the stage for more than 2 decades now, Nibs van der Spuy a nd Guy Buttery are setting off for their first run of concerts together in over 2 years. Capturing a vast melting pot of influences and musical landsc apes, Nibs and Guy are now long standing staples of the South African music scene. Having released their follow up SAMA Nominated record “Live in Lisb on” captured on their most recent tour of Europe, the duo will be back in K ZN in February and March for a series of shows.

These two virtuosos f irst collaborated in the early 2000’s before their respective solo careers took off with whirlwind individual touring schedules across the globe. Thei r performing paths crossed at a festival in Toulouse, France, and this insp ired a new combination of performances and sowed the seeds for recording th eir début album together. “In The Shade of the Wild Fig” showcases their mu tual interest in different folk styles from around the world featuring nume rous instruments such as the cuatro, mbira, tanpura, sitar and various acou stic guitars.

Buttery and van der Spuy have toured many major festiva ls and venues throughout Europe and also won the very prestigious “Standard Bank Ovation Award” at The National Arts Festival. These accolades led to further sold out performances at numerous festivals and concert halls in bo th South Africa and in Europe receiving rave reviews for both their live sh ow and their recorded work. Van der Spuy and Buttery were then invited to p erform with the 52 piece KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, dubbed “Africa’s great est orchestra” and were later voted “Top Live Show of the Year” by The Cape Times.

Guy has been featured in the world’s biggest selling guitar m agazine ‘Guitar Player’ which saw him performing at leading guitar festival s throughout Europe, India, Brazil, Australia and the USA. He has also rece ived numerous major national awards including the esteemed SAMA (South Afri can Music Award) for ‘Best Instrumental Album of the Year’ and was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist of the year. In the same vein, Nibs is a hig hly acclaimed guitarist, singer and songwriter, being featured in leading p ublications from France’s ‘Liberation’ to the UK ‘Guardian’. He is constant ly touring with his biggest support base being in France.

Their follo w up album “Live in Lisbon” was recorded next to the Tagus river in Belém o n the outskirts of Lisbon. It was their first performance as a duo in Portu gal. The upcoming tour will see this legendary duo perform through-out thei r home province of KZN.

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