Tune Me What?

In between occasional musing about a traditional South African beer and how to give American beef a world-food twist, Leon and Brett manage to spin yet another hour of great South African music.

In this special extended episode, Leon & Brett are joined in their virtual studio by everyone's cousin, top South African comedian Barry Hilton. Barry spins some of his favourite tjoons an shares his wit and wisdom as only he can.

Honestly, can there be a better way to spend 60 minutes than in the company of Leon Lazarus & Brett Lock as they present yet another eclectic blend of South African music? Of course not!

Today's episode is a special 90 minute bumper edition telling the stories behind the South African songs chosen by acoustic guitar legend Tony Cox for his new album of (mainly) cover versions, Padkos.

April finds Leon and Brett in a foolish mood as they present another lucky packet of South African music, mixing the old and new with memories, anecdotes and considered opinions.

Leon & Brett grabbed a whole bunch of records and spun some more tunes in their continuing adventure into the heartland of South African music.

Spring is here, so this week’s episode finds Leon & Brett in an upbeat mood playing some kief tunes to bop around the house to.

New South African bands are taking to YouTube like proverbial sosaties to a stick. In this week's show we sample some of the tasty morsels of sound the interwebz goggle box has to offer.

We're back for another season of Tune Me What? - the podcast highlighting the best of South African music.

Sosaties roasting on an open fire, beach sand getting in your clothes… we do the holidays South African-style with two hours of festive music by South African artists.

After the tremendous response to last week's show featuring the music made by South African musicians celebrating and chronicling the life of Nelson Mandela we realized there was so much more to hear, so here is an extra-long episode playing even more.

It was with great sadness we learned yesterday of the death of Nelson Mandela, Tata Madiba, the father of our Country, South Africa. We had planned to bring you today a holiday season special, but we've decided to hold that over until next week.

In this, the penultimate episode of Tune Me What? for the year – Leon and Brett play some tracks from the artists, old and new, that they have discovered while doing the show.

We’re joined by well-known community pre-school campaigner and educator, ‘Teacher Lee’, who brings in her box of records.

Today we play some tracks from some of South Africa’s top musical families, so join us as Tune Me What gets in the family way and positively bulging with a bundle joyful music!

This week we get laid back with some tunes that have the funk and the chill and the cool, so relax with Tune Me What for another hour of first-rate South African music.

We have a very special guest in today’s show – Sharon Katz of The Peace Train! Sharon and her musician friends took a train around South Africa in 1993 ahead of the first democratic elections to educate voters and build community.

In this episode, Brett bends Leon’s ear about some the bands whose path’s he crossed in the late 90s while on the road with One Large Banana.

In this bumper edition of Tune Me What?, Leon and Brett speak to Ivor Haarburger, the South African music industry pioneer and former head of Gallo Records.

Leon & Brett take revisit the sounds they grew up with by spinning the records by local artists that topped the South African Charts when they were kids.