The Mavis Vermaak(sagte klankies) Show

Lekker met Mavis Vermaak gekuier! We had a fabulous time. As usual I baked some awesome cupcakes and we washed it down with some strong Kenyan coffee. Mavis was a fabulous guest dj as usual and brought some serious melancholy in both English and Afrikaans. We also got to play a track from her brand new EP.

"Dankie vir die lekker Unhappykuier Sondagaand, die Keniaanse koffie (is jy seker daai goed is wettig?) en jou heerlike tuisgebak. Altyd pret om saam met jou twak te praat :D. Hoe is dit tog dat ‘n hartseer liedjie mens altyd so diep gelukkig maak?" Mavis Vermaak

So this what we played:

the matador - johnny cash
will the circle be unbroken - june carter-cash
bartender - ernest tubb/loretta lynn
everyday is like sunday - morrissey
breathing - kate bush
razzmatazz - pulp
these golden jewels - the handsome family
i've always known - dead brothers
oitte rent juan penguin
hemel op die platteland - fokofpolisiekar
lied van afrika - gereformeerde bluesband
long blond hair rose red lips - johnny powers
swart - nul
bo ten qu'luta - one love family
a still tongue - african brothers
got a secret( i aint gonna keep) - buddy griffin
no surprises - radiohead
nothing man - pearl jam
chances are - bob marley
it's always springtime in nassau - delbom johnson
annies cousin fanny - the dorsey brothers
good day for the blues - ruth brown
julia- the beatles
hel - mavis vermaak
talking about revolution - tracy chapman
i shall be released - nina simone

The Africa Music Show

Holy Camoly – The Unhappy Hour studio rocks to 120 bpm this Sunday in a rare moment of happiness. African beats (kwaito, nogal) from Cape to Cario, via Burkina Faso kept the cold away – all climaxing with Brenda Fassie’s Weekend Special. Undoubtedly song of the show for me!! Whether you’re in the queue at the bank, in the traffic to work or at a braai with your cousin…you can’t help but feel your shoulders start moving and your head bopping to this one. To complete the African-ness we munched on biskuitjies from a tuisnyweheid in Prince Albert and sipped coffee from Kenya. Mmmm..

We left the studio with TONS of African music still unplayed…so beware: more is coming!

Shoo weee! What a show. We really shot from the hip. Sam decided we needed to have an African music show including South African and Afrikaans music too. It turned out really awesome. We played everything from Hirsham Abbas from Egypt to Tidalwaves down here on the Cape FLats. We visited Reunion and Mali and North Ghana and many other places on the continent.

The main topic on air and off air was finding a "Johnny Cash of Africa". There were many contenders like Oliver Mtukutzi, Johnny Clegg, Fela Kuti, Salif Keita, Alpha Blondy, Danyel Waro and even Ismael Lo. Mail us theunhappyhour@gmail.com if you have any contenders for the race. Someone even suggested Anton Goosen. So start pledging. We will anounce the list so far and update it as we go.

1 - redemtion song - johnny cash with joe strummer
2 - intil waheeda - hirsham abbas
3 - molofo hall - ndumiso
4 - sindi - alif naaba
5 - baba - salif keita
6 - street kid - oliver mtukudzi
7 - kunandi - rokia traore
8 - vision - mo'kalamity and the wizards
9 - le realite - amadou and miriam
10 - mlisa - bafo bafo
12 - bahlalefi - black sunshine
13 - shawns uhadi samba - hotep idris galeta
14 - across africa - big voice jack
15 - tyinn bob - ddanyel waro
16 - african shadow man - johnny clegg
17 - great kids - fela kuti
18 - without blame - ismael lo + marianne faithful
19 - pata pata - miriam makeba
20 - nubu gubus - jackson kaujeua
21 - lalogo - alpha blondy
22 - suffer in africa - african show boys
23 - weekend special - brenda fussy
24 - sana lwan - zola feat. unathi
25 - hartseerland - tidalwaves