The rock band from Cape Town that left Joburg audiences gasping. This episode includes Mac McKenzie and Hilton Schilder. The Genuines smelted Cape ghoema rhythms with rock, becoming favourites at Jamesons in downtown Joburg, a hotbed of original music and racial mixing in apartheid South Africa.

The tragic story of Lesotho's most renowned band & their eponymous LP, Sankomota, the 1st album ever to be recorded in the Mountain Kingdom & the 1st by the Shifty Records mobile studio.

The definitive South African protest rock album recorded by The Cherry Faced Lurchers in 1986, then "lost", rediscovered and remixed during COVID lock down by Shifty Records' Lloyd Ross.

Lloyd Ross (founder/owner Shifty Studio/Records) and Warrick Sony (partner Shifty Studio/founder Kalahari Surfers) Throughout the turbulent Eighties Shifty Records forged an uncompromising, if solitary, trail through the South African music business. Founded by avid music fan, Lloyd Ross, the studio and its accompanying label was responsible for creating a tsunami of original independent music that reflected both the musical and social revolution happening on the streets. In this episode Lloyd, accompanied by longtime friend and compatriot, Warrick Sony, takes the listener on an often-hilarious joyride through the highs and lows of Shifty, featuring the music of the likes of Happy Ships, Corporal Punishment, Gereformeerde Blues Band, Sankomota, Kalahari Surfers, Cherry Faced Lurchers and many more.