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The Musicians on
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jonny noordhoek
Vocals, 12 string guitar.
Robin Auld
Guitars, Vocal harmonies.
Trish Bailey
Bass, Keyboards / Effects.
Barry van Zyl
Drums / Percussion.
Chris Tokalon
Flute & Alto Saxophone.
Jo Rolands
Vocal harmonies.
All songs on were written by jonny noordhoek.
was Produced by Robin Auld and Trish Bailey and Recorded at The Cottage Club Studio and Earthrise Audio Productions.
Engineers: Bill Knight - The Cottage Club Studio and Trish Bailey - Earthrise Audio Productions. Mixed at Earthrise Studios, Kommetjie, South Africa.
jonny noordhoek (Jonathan Morse),
an amateur singer / song writer / guitarist grew up with groups like Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull and CSNY his staple diet. A devoted family man, nature lover and long time surfer of more than 40 years, jonny has lived in Noordhoek for the past 30 years with magnificent Chapman’s Peak, Noordhoek beach and everyday sunsets his inspirational backdrop. The tunes and lyrics on were composed during a personal growth experience inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch, and this project results from jonny’s desire to share these feelings and the benefits he experienced, with others. He does this with the realisation that self-development and spiritual books are not generally an easy read, and Music Is the Food of the Soul.
an amateur singer / song writer / guitarist grew up with groups like Led Zepplin, Jethro Tull and CSNY his staple diet. A devoted family man, nature lover and long time surfer of more than 40 years, jonny has lived in Noordhoek for the past 30 years with magnificent Chapman’s Peak, Noordhoek beach and everyday sunsets his inspirational backdrop. The tunes and lyrics on
were composed during a personal growth experience inspired by the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and Neale Donald Walsch, and this project results from jonny’s desire to share these feelings and the benefits he experienced, with others. He does this with the realisation that self-development and spiritual books are not generally an easy read, and Music Is the Food of the Soul.
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singer/songwriter, poet and author.
Born in Zambia, the main influences on Robin's early years in Cape Town were the beach and surfing. His formative musical career, based on his abilities mainly as a guitarist, saw Robin learning to play the guitar listening to the likes of Hendrix and Neil Young.
Later influences from Southern African guitarists Louis Mhlanga and Philip Tabane resulted in the contemporary mix of roots and pop that characterizes Robin’s sound today.
A stint living in the UK brought Celtic guitar influences to his song writing. Robin’s first solo album "At the Corner", which became a local cult favourite, was followed by several successful albums.
Robin’s label, Free Lunch which he started in 1999 now has 5 releases. Robin works alternately between South Africa, the UK and the USA.
As an author, Robin published the South African beat novel "Tight Lines" and has recently published "Kelp", a collection of poems and short stories. Visit Robin’s website where a preview MP3's of his various albums can be downloaded.
Trish Bailey,
studied music from an early age, playing piano, violin and guitar.
Living in Durban for most of her profesional musical life, she has played electric bass guitar with a variety of dance, cabaret and jazz bands in South Africa, covering all styles of popular music.
She has also performed with bands and orchestras in numerous musical theatrical productions over the years.
Armed with this musical background and possessing a morbid facination for electronic musical 'gadgets' and anything digital, she established her own production recording studio in 1988 acting as studio musician, programmer, sound engineer and producer for numerous production projects.
In 2005 Trish relocated to Noordhoek in the beautiful South Peninsula and has re-established the Studio on a smaller scale to record of voice-overs & audio books.
Presently living at and working from Luthier Jimi Glenister's premises in Kommetjie, her Studio is now known as Earthrise Audio Productions.
She performs regularly as bassist with several Cape Town bands, specializing in popular jazz, blues & dance standards.
Trish would like to express deep-felt gratitude to Jon Morse, Robin Auld and the other exceptionally gifted musicians on the New Earth project for having been offered the opportunity to be so intensively involved with this special creative expression of 'being in the moment'. Special appreciation is given for the unspoken love & support of her animal guide, the Siamese 'She who is Nanooks' who was present and involved with all the recording and mixing sessions.
an honours graduate from the Musicians Institute of Technology, Hollywood, California has lectured in the music departments of the Cape Town and Witwatersrand Universities, and the Pretoria Technikon.
Barry has been a member of the Johnny Clegg band since 1999, touring extensively in Europe, North America, Asia and the UK. His highlights include: guest performances with Peter Gabriel, Robert Plant and Brian May;
headlining the 46664 05 concerts in George, South Africa and Tromso, Norway;
opening the Montreal jazz fest to an audience of 125 000 people;
double bill shows with Lenny Kravitz, the Neville Brothers and Taj Mahal.
Barry records and tours with a variety of other artists including Arno Carsten's and Ladysmith Black Mambazo. He also records and tours with the Robin Auld Band. Visit Barry on myspace.
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has enjoyed a varied and exciting career, starring in movies and musicals while performing around the globe. Jo started young, starring from age 9 in local and international TV series’ before moving to movies. At 18, Jo discovered her true passion, music. Tutored by Jo’Burg Rocky Street ‘Rumours’ stalwarts, Art Kelly and Stan Jones, Jo has sung Jazz and Blues with the cream of South African musicians. She has also acted in numerous cabarets and musicals, including ‘The Doowah Girls’, ‘Simply Blues’ and ‘Grease’.
Jo spent 5 years overseas based in London, during which time she was lead singer with a top London Session band, playing worldwide in locations such as Hong Kong, Disneyland Paris, MI5 headquarters, the National History Museum, as well as televised events at Earls Court Stadium and the Bournemouth and National convention centres.
Jo relocated to Cape Town with her family in 2000 and has since worked around South Africa, performing with its finest musicians from every genre at top venues and studios with the likes of The Cape Town Symphony Orchestra, Jonny Cooper Glen Miller Big Band, Dave Ledbetter, Robin Auld, Wendy Oldfield, Falling Mirror, Leonel Bastos, Jorge Arrigone and Mandoza producer Gabi Le Roux.
Jo’s original compositions are used for documentaries, live shows and TV and radio commercials in South Africa, and Jo regularly lends her voice to TV and radio voice-overs and jingles, as well as singing backing vocals on many original albums. Her day job is running her music agency, New Moon Productions, representing the cream of Cape Town’s musical talents.
Contact: jo@new.co.za