Journeymen – An evening of original story and song with Dave Starke (Guitar, Voice) and Nish Pillay (Tabla, Percussion) as they celebrate a decade of collaboration and reflect on their mutual “coming of age” as two of South Africa’s hardest working musicians!
 

Fri 27 Feb
Tickets R140
18h30 for 19h00 (kitchen orders close at 19h00)
Live Music starts when Dinner Service is completed
Dinner, Dessert and Drinks available
Fully Licensed, BYOB not permitted
Card / Cash Payment
15% Service Fee Charged
 

More on the Artist:
Their first impromptu performance occurred shortly after Dave appeared on The Voice SA and Nish on SA’s Got Talent. This developed into some early collaborations and a series of lowly, hard-grind performances at casinos, restaurants and bars across KZN.
 

Having grown tired and disillusioned of sleeping in cheap hotels and living off of petrol station pies, the duo went into studio to collaborate on Dave’s first original studio album, Duende, in early 2018. After a year of fiercely promoting this collection of songs, they collaborated on a second album and started to land opening act slots for some of South Africa’s biggest acts.
 

This was followed by Nish being invited to make guest appearances with a number of established performers including Ard Matthews, Steve Newman and The Jack Mantis Band – with whom he opened for Grammy Award winner Ben Harper in 2019. Dave had just been commissioned to write the soundtrack for dark comedy feature film, The Killing Floor as Nish travelled to Bangalore to study with Indian Tabla master Rahul Pophali.
 

Upon his return, the duo were riding high on the tour circuit as an in-demand folk-fusion duo calling themselves “Tantu Nada”. The success was cut short, however, by the arrival of the pandemic and both musicians had to survive by hook or by crook until live performances opened up again in 2022. Older, wiser and now both living in Cape Town, Dave and Nish are thrilled to bring their newest offering to a select audience at The Alma Cafe