Valiant Swart at Showroom on 7 April - The Showroom Theatre
Valiant Swart at Showroom on 7 April
Make sure not to miss Valiant Swart, a treasure of SA music, when he comes to visit The Showroom on 7 April. Book seats here
Valiant Swart has been a fixture on the SA music scene since 1990. His particular brand of soulful blues, folk and country-rock, blended with indigenous South African influences like boeremusiek and kwela, has earned him a large, loyal following countrywide. His hits like ‘Sonvanger’ and ‘Eyeshadow’ have become volksbesit, and his songs have been covered by a wide variety of artists. He has literally played thousands of gigs all over South Africa and abroad, from pubs and rock festivals to theatres and massive gala events at Sun City and the like. In 2010 he was the first recipient of the coveted Oppikoppi ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award.
He has released 17 albums, starting with ‘Die Mystic Boer’ in 1996, up to ‘Nagrit’ in 2016, picking up numerous awards along the way. He has published three books, and has been a popular magazine columnist for more than ten years. Television work saw him presenting a 13-part series on American blues music for kykNet (‘Veertig dae deur die Delta’), which documents his journey through the heart of the blues in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. Following that, he starred in the male lead role in the hugely popular drama series ‘Song vir Katryn’. He also composed and released the soundtrack for the series, resulting in a gold status album.
Valiant Swart is al sedert 1990 ‘n instelling op die SA musiektoneel.
Sy eiesoortige, sielvolle blues, folk en country-rock, versny met inheemse kwela en boeremusiek, en sy bekroonde stories en lirieke, het deur die jare aan hom ‘n groot, lojale gevolg besorg. Sy treffers soos ‘Sonvanger’ en ‘Eyeshadow’ het volksbesit geword, en ‘n wye verskeidenheid kunstenaars het van sy liedjies opgeneem. Hy het letterlik duisende optredes dwarsoor Suid-Afrika en in die buiteland op sy kerfstok – van kroee en rock-feeste, tot teaters en reuse-galavertonings by Sun City, kunstefeeste en dies meer. In 2010 was hy die eerste ontvanger van die gesogte Oppikoppi ‘Lifetime Achievement’ toekenning.
Hy het reeds 17 albums uitgereik (van ‘Die Mystic Boer’ in 1996 tot 2016 se ‘Nagrit’), waarvoor hy talle toekennings verwerf het. Daarby het hy drie boeke gepubliseer, en is ook al vir meer as tien jaar lank ‘n gewilde rubriekskrywer vir verskeie publikasies. Op televisie was hy die aanbieder van ‘Veertig dae deur die Delta’, ‘n dokumentere kykNet-reeks oor Amerikaanse blues-musiek, waarin kykers sy reise deur die blues-hartland van Tennessee, Mississippi en Louisiana gevolg het. Dit het gelei tot sy manlike hoofrol in die hoogs gewilde dramareeks ‘Song vir Katryn’, waarvan hy ook die klankbaanmusiek gekomponeer het, met ‘n ‘goue status’-album tot gevolg.
Valiant se solo-optredes het reeds legendariese afmetings aangeneem. Met sy akoestiese kitaar en bekfluitjie kombineer hy sy klassieke liedjies – soms aangrypend, soms hartseer, soms lig en speels en gewoon skreeusnaaks – met die vertel-styl van ‘n ware raconteur.
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