John Ellis Live at MiTH

9 pm – John Ellis
8 pm – Sphiwe Hadebe
7 pm – The Reid Family

John Ellis is a singer-songwriter from Durban, South Africa. The principal member, guitar-player, vocalist and songwriter for the internationally renowned and award-winning band Tree63, he relocated back to his hometown from America after many years of international success to pursue a solo career. In 2010 he released his debut solo album, the politically-charged “Come Out Fighting”, which garnered him another SAMA nomination, and in 2011, in addition to his production work for other South African artists, he recorded his follow-up, an acoustic album entitled “Rural”, accompanied by Johnny Clegg drummer and percussionist extraordinaire Barry van Zyl. John is an accomplished guitarist, having featured on numerous American and British recordings, as well as on albums by South African artists such as Ernie Smith, Farryl Purkiss and Ard Matthews. John also lectures English literature, politics, communication, English as a second language and academic literacy.

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R&B Singer, Songwriter, Actor and Presenter Sphiwe Hadebe was born in 1992 in Ladysmith, KZN. He writes his own lyrics and composes his own music, and for other artists. He also
covers other artists such as Sam Smith, Chris Brown, Trey Songs, Usher, Whitney Houston, and local artists such as Ntando, and Soul Brothers.

In 2012, Sphiwe made it through to the 3rd round of SA’s Got Talent and got to be on TV for the first time. In 2013 he made it to finals of the local competition “REP YOUR LOXION” as the only Singer going head to head against rappers. He is currently working on his debut Album to be titled “ Lomculo” and will soon be releasing his first EP in the form of a live DVD, which he says is his way of showing that he is more than just a studio singer but he is able to perform live.

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The Reid Family Band has been years in the making, jamming together for many years. Vincent had an interest in music from young age and is mainly self taught. He plays keyboards, guitar and recently, tin whistle. Rhiannon, who is 16 and with the help of Kech Sanchez, has honed her skills on guitar, sings lead vocals. Aidan, who is 11 years old, showed musical abilities from a very young age, also sings. Tess organises the bookings and joins in on vocals and percussion. The Reid Family Band enjoys many different genres of music but are particularly influenced by Irish, Folk and Pop music.

MiTH is located at The Knoll Historic Guest Farm, Knoll Drive, Hilton. Doors open at 6 pm and the music will kick off at 7 pm. Entrance is R30 at the door.

ABOUT MiTH: MiTH is a semi-open mic music club. An opportunity for musicians to share the joy of their music with a friendly audience which includes fellow musicians – who have all “been there” too. (Non-musicians welcome too!) Whether you’re a newbie looking for your first opportunity to perform publicly, or a more experienced / mature musician simply looking for people who are as passionate about music as you are – come along and join us!

Bring your own booze. Food and soft drinks are available for sale. Musicians who want to play at MiTH, please contact mithbookings@gmail.com, Charles Webster (082 331 7271), or Doug Borain (072 340 7034).

DIRECTIONS TO MiTH: Take the N3 to Hilton, take the Hilton turnoff and go South into the Village (away from Hilton College). Travel 5,2km along Hilton Avenue (past two sets of traffic lights and Crossways Pub) and keep going straight as Hilton Avenue turns into Dennis Shepstone Drive. At the 5,2km mark, Knoll Drive will be on your right – the entrance to MiTH is the *second* entrance on your left into The Knoll Historic Guest Farm.