Karoo Kitaar Blues

Karoo Kitaar Blues is a musical tribute by David Kramer.

It was a concert presenting the eccentric guitar styles of the Karoo - unique finger-picking and tunings of a marginalised people who live in isolated and impoverished areas and play the “ou liedjies”.

Translations and adaptations

A 90 minute documentary directed by Liza Key about these musicians and David's work with them has been made and has been shown at film festivals in Europe, the UK and the USA. Karoo Kitaar Blues won the Golden Reel Award for Best Musical Documentary at the 2006 Tiburon International Film Festival in California. It has been released on DVD.

Performance history in South Africa

2001: Produced by David Kramer, Baxter at KKNK. Featuring musicians Howard Links and Tokos Lodewyk. This show toured all over South Africa, where it played to sold out houses in every venue.

Awards

The show was awarded 2 FNB Vita Awards.

Sources

https://www.davidkramer.co.za/history.html

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