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Parlotones band member Kahn Morbee has joined forces with fellow The Voice SA judge Karen Zoid. PICTURE: SUPPLIED One big name on a hit single is great, but when you bring two superstar voices together you get something special. When people talk Kahn Morbee or Karen Zoid, the first thing that comes to mind is successful musicians that have been providing fans with memorable music for close on two decades. But something that many people may never have envisaged has happened - these two icons of South African music have teamed up to create their first collaboration masterpiece with the release of We Could Be Divine . Written backstage on-set of The Voice SA between rehearsals and recorded in the now iconic Bellville Studios under the creative guidance of Theo Crous, Kahn and Karen have created a track that they feel embellishes beauty in a world of chaos that they hope many people can associate with. "Teaming up with Karen has been an awesome experience and the son...

For the first time ever in the history of   The Voice South Africa,   a talented singer picked coach Bobby van Jaarsveld after a four-chair turn. Throughout the first season’s Blind Auditions, and up until now, the talent always preferred joining the teams of co-coaches Lira, Kahn Morbee or Karen Zoid, but this week chemical engineer Marco Basson (23) made Bobby reign supreme. Marco wowed the coaches with his rendition of Nick Jonas’ “Jealous”, and when they turned around they were stunned to see that the powerful voice belonged to such a nerdy-looking guy. They all thought he could win the competition and were visibly disappointed to lose such a gem to Bobby.   Bobby was clearly on a roll during this round of Blind Auditions.   Along with Marco, Bobby also snatched up two of the youngest talents this season, namely 19-year-old pastor’s   kid,   Anchen Groenewald from Rustenburg and 18-year-old Chad Jubber, who completed matric last year near Pie...

In tonight’s first episode of Blind Auditions, two phenomenal singers sparked fireworks on the set of The Voice South Africa Season 2. Both Freddy Lalendle (23) and Marissa Petzer (22) sang so well that all four of the coaches turned their iconic red chairs for them, just like they did with last season’s winner Richard Stirton when he first stepped onto The Voice SA ’s stage.  During this phase of the competition the coaches assemble a group of twelve singers for their teams based on vocal ability only. With their backs turned to the talent, they show their interest by pressing the buzzer that spins their chair into action. When one coach turns around it’s a done deal, but when more than one chair swivels 180 degrees, it’s fun and games as the power to choose shifts to the talent.  After hearing out the desperate pleas from coaches Kahn Morbee, Karen Zoid, Lira and Bobby van Jaarsveld, who all want to be this season’s winning coach, the funky Freddy decided ...

Twenty-one is a year that we all get a key (if you believe in that) for some it's a year where you are free to do as you please and are guaranteed to be labeled an adult. This means ditching all the child in you and becoming a responsible person with informed decisions taken from previous mistakes. And it is this that the Annual South African Music Awards are marking their  21st birthday this year by "learning from the past to inform a bright new future". Some may have noticed the few celebs that have been sharing their "When I was 21" tales marked with the hashtag #XXI  on social networks, well turns out its all for the South African Music Awards that will be releasing their nominees next week Thursday, March 12. “The South African Music Awards turn XXI this year, a milestone that strikes a chord and resonates with us all. The continuous year on year growth, support and popularity has contributed to the improvement in the quality of participants and over...

South African rock band The Parlotones have taken a step towards international fame - one of their songs has been featured on a US drama series The four-man band's track Rock, Paper, Scissors, from their Radio-controlled Robots album, featured in the first episode of the sports drama One Tree Hill, which started on US TV on Monday last week. The band's lead singer, Kahn Morbee, said: "US producers called our manager about using our songs for five or six shows, and the first is on One Tree Hill. It's amazing." Some of the band's US fans who watched the show told them about it. The group, now in Cape Town for the launch of their wine Giant Mistake, are about to start an international tour to promote their latest album, Stardust Galaxies. Whoop Whoop to the boys!