Simon van Gend Band
Sat Aug 30, 18:30 - Sat Aug 30, 22:30
The Alma Cafe
ABOUT
Simon van Gend is a South African singer-songwriter whose music blends soulful melodies with introspective, finely crafted lyrics.
Have a listen to his latest album here - https://simonvangend.bandcamp.com/album/dream-im-a-bird
Times: Sat 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:
Influenced early on by Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Paul Simon, he has developed a distinctive voice over the course of six albums with his band. His acclaimed Suffer Well (2015) emerged from an ambitious song-a-week project, a process he repeated in 2017 to produce the songs that eventually found their way onto his his latest release, Dream I’m a Bird (2025). The new album showcases a refined maturity, with standout tracks such as “River at the End of the Road” and “Another New Morning” cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s enduring indie-folk talents.
Simon on his acoustic guitar and vocals is backed by the ever-jovial but sometimes dark Ross Campbell on drums, bassist Crick Lund, who also moonlights as a professor in psychology at King’s College, London, synth wizard Gustavo Fasani, and ‘new kid on the block’ up-and-coming trumpet maestro Drew Burton.
The band will perform tracks from the new album plus a few old favourites.