Concerts SA announces September Digital Mobility Fund recipients

The fund is intended for local artists who want to present a professional, high-quality live-streamed or delayed broadcast performance. Applicants were required to record with a live audience in line with all COVID-19 protocols in place at the time.

A total of 431 applications were received in September with 70 grants worth R30 000 each awarded to projects across the country.

“The DMF focussed on keeping live music in South Africa active through online platforms, accepting proposals from musicians who intended to produce online content for livestreaming or delayed broadcast,” a statement reads. “The first DMF ran from October 2020 to January 2021 and was supported by the RNE and Levedo Foundation. The second DMF, in May/June 2021, facilitated the responsible and swift delivery of funds administered by the National Arts Council of South Africa from the Presidential Employment Stimulus Package.”

Below is the full list of beneficiaries:

• Abraham Mennen Quartet
• Albert Frost
• Msaki
• Time Zone
• Ayanda Jiya
• Ayanda Sikade
• Azah
• Basson Laubscher & The Violent Free Peace
• Bheka Mthethwa – Supernal Sounds
• Touch of Africa by WCYO
• Thembelihle Dunjana
• The Little Giants
• Mike Campbell / Bongani Sotshononda Big Band
• Sibikwa Arts Centre ‘Phola Vibez Jazz Featuring Nduduzo Makhathini’
• Measuretutti
• Creshwell October Jazz Ensemble
• Daluxolo Hoho neBuyelekhaya
• N’den
• Xnau Xnau Improvising
• Gabi Motuba
• Gloria Bosman
• Guy Buttery
• Innoe
• Jill Richards and Morne van Heerden
• Josie Matabola Band
• GoodLuck
• Khanyisile Mthetwa-Flutist
• Urban Village
• Azuri Street Symphony
• Linda Tshabalala Septet
• Malatji
• Lungelo & The Organ Project
• Lwanda Gogwana
• Lynelle Kenned
• Maya Spector
• Mdu Mtshali’s Quintet
• Sean Sanby Collective
• Carlo Mombelli
• MXO
• Natalia Molebatsi and the Lex Futshane Band
• Neil Gonsalves Trio +2
• King Bzorobzarabza
• The Scullery Quintet
• Jitsvinger
• Reza Khota Quartet
• Mashelela
• Menyatso Mathole & Baletsi Le Baopedi Letsemeng
• ‘NickyB and Friends’ – A Celebration of the Pennywhistle
• Access Music Project (AMP)
• Sibongile Mngoma Quartet
• The Muffinz
• Vhuvhu Na Sifiso
• Shef and the Kitchen
• Nonzwakazi
• The Unplugged
• Mercury Collective
• Sydney Quartet
• Mmaditsela African Rhythms
• Tefo Mahola
• Thandeka Mfinyongo
• The Hilton Schilder Goema Club
• Timothy Ehrenreich Collective
• The Light Of Africa
• Tim Parr Band
• Titi Luzipo
• DHorn
• Twain – Shotgun Tori & Emma Du Preez
• Arno Carstens
• Yao Agbodohu
• Zoetheseed