Recently UK indie band The LightYears have released an online single called Johannesburg - and this is ahead of their trip to SA in early Feb, where they've been invited to perform at a form of South African memory making ritual in itself... a rugby game if I remember correctly! The Light Years are already in SA - having missed all the excitement of the snow - they are instead experiencing all that Joburg has to offer and soaking up sunshine! (and they've also just released a new album called London, England. so simple, yet effortlessly it works too.)
Of other cities written and sung about, like any trend identified - you start to see it around you a whole lot more. Examples are Jewel with Barcelona... the classic New York, New York... and then of course my dear friend and excellent musician aspiring on the acoustic singer songwriter scene - Ryan Koriya.
Having recently interviewed Ryan Koriya for the Feb issue of SA Promo magazine, this is indeed one artist with an endless array of stories and cities to talk about.
And one such song he did capture was a side step into a little side project initiative called 'the back of seven' where he was involved in an acting role for creating a corporate film - filmed in Istanbul - and he was also responsible for creating a little soundtrack for the short film. This is his little fabulous Ibiza styled, Cafe del Mar magic-infested first output of: Istanbul (even with a few photos from the trip)
Rock on songs and cities for inspiring us - and artists for bringing the two together!
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