This is a strange discovery. Not the discover itself, but the manner in which she was discovered.
Mariam Jo’burg (yes that is apparently the name she goes by) is a Johannesburg local, born in SA but living in France. She is a musician and by the sounds of her Myspace page and the songs there, she is a damn good musician with a very unique sound.
The reason that me discovering her is strange is because I’m still in awe of the whole crowdsourcing web2.0 vibe. So when someone finds a blog post of mine on here and suggest I take a look at and review so-and-so, I’m still astounded. Simply put, someone commented on a post here on SA Rocks asking me to check out Mariam Jo’burg. So I did. Googling the name takes you to various online representations for Mariam Jo’burg.
Here’s the biography that is listed on MySpace:
well to make it short and sweet, MARIAM comes from South Africa where all her family still lives and also where she started composing many of her songs on the guitar, after a first attempt at university in RSA she set off to France and landed in besancon (north east) where she met niels (the drummer) they started an acoustic version of her songs and did little concerts here and there, and then were joined by great friends and great musicians (regis -piano, manu – bass, juan-electric guitar), the group is currently recording a new album at “le pavillon”(studio in besancon)…will all keep you posted when its finished and ready! see ya! PS: i am currently writting out a better BIOGRAPHY, but this will do for now!
VENEZ VOIR SUR http://www.rtl2.fr/ dans ..v..nement poprock!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a look at this:
I am mightily impressed with this young talent and hope that SA Radio picks her up fast. In fact I hope that the entire world does, or Europe to start with. I love her sound, vibe and introspective approach. The chorus is swaying, melodic and catchy. Just the perfect combination for a radio hit.
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April 4th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
HI nic i saw ur comment about this SA talent and decided to visit her myspace page myself all i can say is shes unbelivable iv neva heard anything like it!!!! its really unique and all the instruments are really well combined to give it that unique flavour. Im also in awe i didnt knw we had such talent coming from SA
April 4th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Hi nic i saw ur comment about this SA talent and decided to visit her myspace page myself all i can say is shes unbelivable iv neva heard anything like it!!!! its really unique and all the instruments are really well combined to give it that unique flavour. Im also in awe i didnt knw we had such talent coming from SA, if she was discovered by local radios, like you said she would hit the top charts!! i think
people in SA should be more aware of such talents and give them the cedit they deserve.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
hey ppl i came across this through google i was curious to see how many pages my sister had on the internet.
on behalf of my sis i wana say thank u for the support and kind comments i,ll diffenetly tell her when i talk to her about ur site. The latest news i can give u is that she just finished recording her music video which should be broadcast on her myspace page soon. There are also pictures of the making of the video on her myspace website which are worth looking at.
kam
October 24th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Bonjour… this young lady has become very popular here in France sin her tour in 2007. I’m pleased to see that she is getting recognition across “the pond”.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:57 am
hi there….
this is the first music video of mariam jo’burg
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=_JXOkkN0Kq8
i hope you’ll like it…
niels
May 7th, 2010 at 12:52 am
hi,
a special thank you to all of you for the support!!!
first of all, many many thanks to you Nic, it’s a real pleasure stopping by here and reading your post, and everyone’s comments
for those of you who are interested, we’ve finnished the latest songs (a 5 songs album called “told you twice”)
you can have a listen on deezer on the link below
http://www.deezer.com/fr/#music/result/all/mariam%20jo%27burg
so, enjoy, and if you paticularly like them, the songs are available on downloads from ITUNES, ZIMBALAM, VIRGIN MEGASTORE etc….(go to myspace for more infos)
once again many thanks,
keep well
mariam
May 7th, 2010 at 12:52 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JXOkkN0Kq8
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