Met hulle nuwe album, “Wild en Wakker”, vat Ollie Viljoen en Valiant Swart weereens tradisionele musiek en sit ‘n spin-soos-min daarop! In dié twee troebadoere se bekwame hande kry tradisionele musiek ‘n nuwe, parmantige veredos, en terselfdertyd slaag hulle ook daarin om ‘n aantal splinternuwe liedjies meesterlik in die tradisionele idioom uit te voer. Bestaande tradisionele liedjies soos “Boegoe-Baba-Roksak” kry nuwe lewe, en met die skreeusnaakse “Die Wyntannies” asook “Kraaibraai” is Valiant op sy skerpsinnige beste. Met “Wild en Wakker” bewys hy homself boonop weereens as waarnemer en liriekskrywer van formaat.
With their new album, “Wild en Wakker”, Ollie Viljoen and Valiant Swart once again take traditional music and puts a spin-soos-min on it! In the hands of these two troubadours, traditional music gets a new, cheeky treatment and at the same time they succeed in performing a number of brand-new songs masterfully in the traditional idiom. Existing songs like “Boegoe-Baba-Roksak” gets new life, and the hilarious “Die Wyntannies” as well as “Kraaibraai” sees Valiant at his sharp-witted best. With “Wild en Wakker” he also once again proves himself as masterful observer and lyricist of note.
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