02 March 2010

Ian will be interviewed tomorrow on UJFM, which goes out on 95.4 in the Johannesburg area. In commemoration on the start of his tour he will be offering a one-day 24-hour free download of the record right here on the website. Ian's Gauteng tour kicks off tomorrow at Kitcheners in Braamfontein.

11 February 2010

Ian Henderson and Lindiwe Suttle present a once-off collaborative show at Cape Town’s ‘The Waiting Room’ on 16 February.

EVENT: Ian Henderson & Lindiwe Suttle in concert
DATE: Tuesday, 16 February 2010
VENUE: The Waiting Room, 273 Long Street, above Royale Eatery
TIME: From 9.00pm, first act 9.30pm
TICKETS: R30 at the door

2009 was a big year for IAN HENDERSON. He released his second solo album, ‘Superglue’, recorded in Sweden, Norway and South Africa under the guidance of Swedish producer Ola Sonmark – the follow-up to 2003’s SAMA-nominated ‘Freefall’. He toured nationally, had two singles charting on national stations, and three music videos on rotation national and satellite TV stations. He led a highly successful two-month collaborative series of acoustic artists in Cape Town called ‘The Song’s the Thing’, and spent another two-months playing and writing in Buenos Aires. European touring and a new record are in the pipeline for 2010.

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18 January 2010

Ian Henderson will support Dear Reader on the Cape Town leg of their national homecoming tour before the band makes a move to Berlin. Joining the lineup with be Andy Lund and The Mission Men, and the gig takes place on Saturday 30 Januart at Mercury Live.

10 December 2009

Cape town-based singer songwriter, Ian Henderson returns from Buenos Aires to meet actor, beat-poet, and funny man-extraordinaire, Mystery White Boy, for two nights of irreverent music and poetry at The Grand Daddy's 'The Venue'. Ian will perform with a full band, including Jedd Kossew on guitar, Graham Beyer on bass, and Shaun Michau on drums.

Date: 18 & 19 December 2009 (Two shows)
Venue: The Venue @ The Grand Daddy Hotel, 38 Long Street, Cape Town
Lineup: Ian Henderson plus band & Mystery White Boy
Time: 21h00
Tel: (072) 1230263
Tickets: Presale online from http://www.webtickets.co.za / @ R50
At the door on the night @ R70

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20 November 2009

'Strong bond' by BRUCE DENNILL

Ian Henderson dealt with the “difficult second album” issue by producing a masterwork in 2008’s Superglue, a world-class, soul-enriching collection. Does that make his next release – he plans to start recording in Stockholm in March – the “impossible third album”?

“It comes down to the writing,” says Henderson, packing his bags in preparation for a two-month spell in Argentina (“I’m going to play; work with a flamenco teacher; write; do some research”). “It’s also partly to do with the break I had after the first record (2003’s Freefall). I came back, and I’d changed a lot. I went right back to looking at melody, for instance.”

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23 October 2009

Ian Henderson turns Johannesburg's most famous underground music festival, JAWFEST, international with a performance from Buenos Aires tomorrow night, Saturday 24th October. Ian is in Argentina for a writing break prior to the recording of his as-yet-untitled third album in 2010, and will hook up to JAWFEST via skype video for a cameo performance.

13 October 2009

Ian leaves today to spend the rest of the year writing, thinking, performing, mumbling spanish, dancing tango and drinking coffee in Buenos Aires. Chau!

27 September 2009

Ian will be on Highveld with Zane Derbyshire tonight from 7.30pm on the Homebrew show, to talk about his tour, upcoming plans and to play a few live in-studio songs.

25 September 2009

Ian will be performing a half hour of live acoustic music, featuring tunes from his new record Superglue, on UJFM tomorrow.

17 September 2009

Ian will be in studio at East Coast Radio tomorrow from 2-3pm to co-present an hour with Damon Beard. He'll have a guitar with him, but judging from the last slot on ECR it's unlikely to be used for its true purpose!