SA: Orgasmic Music Gallery to host Blues, Rock and Roots online gig

The OMG concert – titled Blues, Rock and Roots – will feature an eclectic line-up of acclaimed musicians including Albert Frost Trio & Tubatsi Mpho Moloi, Urban Village, The Black Cat Bones and Congo Cowboys.

The production is made possible through a partnership with the Music In Africa Foundation and its Music In Africa Live (MIAL) project, which aims to support musicians and the industry at large to navigate the challenges and new realities introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering all African countries, the aim of MIAL is to offer financial support to operators, to enable them to create high-quality works and promote, market and showcase their content to a wider global audience, primarily via digital means.

“The past year has been a rough ride for South African musicians and performers who lost their main source of income when local lockdown measures effectively shut down the local event industry,” OMG said. “Fortunately, a collaboration between Music In Africa Live and Orgasmic Music Gallery now seeks to provide some relief."  

For more information about Blues, Rock and Roots, send an email to natasha@omgrecording.com. 

Watch the concert here.

About Music In Africa Live

Thousands of African musicians have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has occasioned unprecedented lockdowns and restrictions across the continent. African musicians and professionals traditionally make a living from live performances, and now they find themselves in extreme difficulty.

The Music In Africa Live project is one of a number of new projects that the Music In Africa Foundation is introducing this year to support music professionals in Africa.

The project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut.

Visit the MIAL website here.

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