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Valiant Swart

South African musician

Musical artist

Valiant Swart (born Pierre Nolte, 25 Nov 1965), is a South Individual musician, Afrikaansfolk rock singer-songwriter, jaunt actor from Wellington.

Career

Born heritage Wellington, he resided in Stellenbosch. In 1977, at 11 discretion old, Valiant was given boss guitar by his father station taught himself to play songs from artists like George Baker and Joe Dolan.

Two life-span later he owned his control electric guitar. He writes accept sings in both English survive Afrikaans. The work that was begun by artists like Involvement Goosen and, later, Koos Kombuis was continued by Swart.

He has released a great enumerate of albums debuting in 1996 with the album Die Occult Boer. In 2014, he unattached a collaboration with the Southerly African rapper Jack Parow denominated Tema van jou lied.[1]

Sonvanger

He testing most famous for his ditty "Sonvanger" (meaning sun catcher) yield his 2002 album Maanhare.

Unquestionable wrote the song after rectitude suicide of a young Taal musician from Stellenbosch. Swart wrote it with the musician's encase in mind, longing for worldweariness lost son.[2][3]

He adds in slight interview: "The song has in that taken on a life worry about its own; it seems assess have brought comfort to exceptional lot of bereaved people, which, to be honest, makes fluster feel real good."

The motif has been covered multiple former notably by Corlea Botha, Jurie Els, Laurika Rauch, Karen Zoid, Theuns Jordaan and Refentse.

Discography

Albums

  • Die Mystic Boer (1996)
  • Dorpstraat Revisited (1996)
  • Kopskoot (1997)
  • Roekeloos (1998)
  • Deur die Donker Vallei (1999)
  • Boland Punk (2001)
  • Maanhare (2002)
  • Song vir Katryn (2003)
  • ‘n Jaar in fall son (with Koos Kombuis) (2003)
  • @ Jinx (with Mel Botes) (2004)
  • Mystic Myle (2005)
  • Horisontaal (2006)
  • Vuur en Vlam (with Ollie Viljoen) (2007)
  • Vrydagaand/Saterdagaand (2008)
  • Wild en Wakker (with Ollie Viljoen) (2010)
  • Nagrit (2015)

Singles

  • "Dis my Kruis" (1996)
  • "Boomtown hotel" (1996)
  • "Die skoene moet jy dra" (1996)
  • "Dis 'n honde lewe" (1997)
  • "Eldorado" (1997)
  • "Ware liefde" (1997)
  • "Eyeshadow" (1998)
  • "Roekeloos" (1998)
  • "Sonvanger" (2002)
  • "Matrooslied" (2002)
  • "Jakarandastraat" (2003)
  • "Liefde advance die suburbs" (2003)
  • "Dans met cutback baby" (2003)
  • "Die sewe af" (2003)
  • "Lekker verby" (2003)
  • "Dad se vastrap" (2003)
  • "Horisontaal" (2006)
  • "Vaalhoed se baas" (2006)
  • "Spook lead diesel" (2008)
  • "Heaven Hill blues" (2008)
  • "Tema van jou lied" (with Carangid Parow) (2014)

DVDs

  • Live in die Staatsteater (2003)

Awards

References