Jon Savage's ... What's Your Poison?

S02 E57 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Billy Monama

Billy Monama is a legendary SA jazz musician and essentially a scholar on the history of South African music! Listen and learn, baby :)

S02 E56 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Khuli Chana

Khuli Chana is one of South Africa's most prolific rappers. He's also one of my favourite humans ! 

S02 E55 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Gigi Lamayne

Gigi Lamayne is one of the bestest and baddest rappers in SA and she's currently spreading her wings and collaborating with artists from all over the world on her new album Mermaids and Stuff.

S02 E54 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Martin Rocka

Truly one of my musical idols and probably the best guitarist and writer in SA, Martin Schofield, better known as the guitarist from Wonderboom, but even BETTER known as Martin Rocka and the Sick Shop! I demand that you love this human, he deserves it!

S02 E53 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Shane Eagle 

Shane Eagle is an incredibly soulful South Africa rapper and producer who is making moves around the globe! He rose to fame in 2015, after winning a rapping competition and has had a prolific career, always zigging while others zagged. Hope you enjoy this chat!  

S02 E52 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Loyiso Mkize

Loyiso is the creator of Kwezi, South Africa's first superhero comic book series! But that's not all. This year he entered the DC universe drawing for the very latest Batman graphic novel, Urban Legends #4

S02 E51 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Steve Louw

Steve Louw is a national treasure, who was behind the legendary band, Big Sky, and has returned with a STELLAR album that is awaiting you on Spotify

S02 E50 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Matthew Mole

Matthew Mole is one of South Africa's most successful singer songwriters who finally reveals his first major international scandal!

S02 E49 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with the last ever interview with the legend that is Steve Kekana.  

Steve Kekana is one of the most iconic and prolific singer songwriters of the past 30 years, who was busy working on his 47th album when he passed away this week :( 

S02 E48 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with David Kramer

David Kramer is one of South Africa's most iconic artists, who reached stellar heights of fame in the 1980's and has continued his career as a prolific writer, producer and director of musicals around South Africa. He just turned 70!!!

S02 E47 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with DJ Lag

S02 E46 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Kevin "Caveman" Shirley

S02 E45 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Piff The Magic Dragon

Piff The Magic Dragon was a runner-up on America's Got Talent, was on Penn & Teller's Fool Us and is one of the greatest magicians alive today, who dresses up as a dragon and has a residency in Vegas! 

S02 E44 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Dave Scott of The Kiffness

The Kiffness is creating global internet memes on a daily basis and is breaking YouTube in to piece. Behind the magical madness of cats being remixed as well as Turkish street artists is the lovely and thoughtful Dave Scott. 

S02 E43 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Mpumelelo Mtintso from Book Ibhoni

If you haven't heard of Book ibhoni, you really should find them. Book ibhoni is helping get much needed books to libraries around Soweto, while also creating a very real cycle culture. Its good and cool at the same time!

S02 E42 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Jules Harding of GoodLuck

What a special and deep conversation we had on this week's show with the front-human of legendary dance pop stars, GoodLuck, Jules Harding. We talk about the industry, the process of an artist and a whole whack of other crazy stuff! Enjoy1

S02 E41 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast; with Berita.

Gugulethu Khumalo, best known by her stage name Berita, is a Zimbabwean-born singer, songwriter and music producer.  She is the owner of the independent record label Assali Music and also the founder of the Women of Music Business (WOMB), a pan african women empowerment organisation in the music industry.

S02 E40 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. Lasizwe Dambuza

Lasizwe is South Arica's YouTube megastar and I love him. His ground breaking current web series, Living with Afrikaans is pushing boundaries everywhere!

S02 E39 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. Wian Van Den Berg (@wianmagic)

The biggest TikTok'er in South Africa by far and one of the biggest on earth. What a guy! You'll get to hear the whole story of how he got there and where he's going.

S02 E38 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Fix Moeti

S02 E37 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Abdullah Ibrahim

This is an interview from 2018 with Abdullah Ibrahim when he came to Cape Town for a concert. It comes from the Eye Radio Archives and I stumbled across it and thought it would be a nice treat :)

S02 E36 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Siv Ngesi

Siv's resume is too long to put here because this is only the internet so there isn't enough space. Needless to say Siv is incredible and we love him:)

S02 E35 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Karen Zoid  

The rock and roll queen, creator of Republiek van Zoid Afrika and master of collaboration is on the podcast.  

S02 E34 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Spoek Mathambo

The "Township Tech" king is back with a brand new album! One of South Africa's most interesting and diverse artists, he has played all around the world and has been signed to some of the greatest labels from SUBPOP to BBE! Here he is, raw as hell and on What's Your Poison!

S02 E33 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With MacG 

The podcasting king of South Africa comes on to the show both before and after his controversial episode that nearly got him cancelled! 

S02 E32 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Ross Learmonth of Prime Circle

Probably the most consistent and successful rock band ever out of South Africa, Prime Circle's lead singer joins us to talk about his upcoming show at the Dome this weekend as well as his Scottish roots.

S02 E31 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Vusi Nova

Vusi Nova is a megastar soul singer, whose journey from the crack addiction to superstar is a rags to riches fairytale. His new album Ngumama, a tribute to his mother, is out out now.

S02 E30 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Cush and Smunga of Urban Village.

Urban Village give an incredible history lesson on what Maskandi is and where it came from as well as open up about what bad things they really like! Check out their new incredible album Udondolo out now. 

S02 E29 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Steve McGown

S02 E28 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Yvonne Chaka Chaka

Yvonne Chaka Chaka is the Princess of Africa, one of SA's true global musical icons. Her career has been unbelievable (i just saw that her track "Umqombothi" has over 1 million streams on Spotify), she has seen and done it all and is still seeing it and doing it more! 

S02 E27 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Esjay Jones. 

Esjay Jones was a local legend as the lead singer of Stealing Love Jones in South Africa. Then she went to live in America and forge out a career in songwriting and producing and her story is in incredible. In addition, her new project We Are Pigs is killing it on streaming platforms and her upcoming collaborators on the project include POD, Korn and Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins. Yes. So eat your heart out.

S02 E26 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Don Copley (Hot Water)

Hot Water is a phenomenal South African band lead by the soulful Don Copley.  We've known each other for years so our conversations can go deeeeeeeeeeep! Check out the incredible performance of "Home" at the end of this podcast :)

S02 E25 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Bongeziwe Mabandla

Bongeziwe is truly one of my favourite artists and his latest album, Iimini, is a masterpiece. He's still young but his music career is global and his voice is unlike anyone else's you've ever heard. 

S02 E24 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast.  SPECIAL REBROADCAST EDITION with Amanda Palmer.

S02 E23 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Jeremy Loops

Jeremy Loops has had a sensational global career and is one of the few SA artists to really understand and infiltrate the international music market. On this episode he opens up about how he works, his approach to music and how Ed Sheeren told him that he was a better looper than him!

S02 E22 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast. With Jovi and Kgmotso from BCUC

S02 E21 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast:

Lord Francois Van Coke tumbles in to an episode of Whats Your Poison. What else can be said about that? 

Episode 20 of Season 2 of What's Your Poison with Jon Savage.

Moonchild Sanelly is having the career that most artists only dream about. When the biggest stars in the world are calling you trying to get you on their tracks you know you are doing something right. She is enigmatic, powerful and a light shining blindingly bright! Hope you enjoy this episode

S02 Ep19: Whats Your Poison with Jon Savage and J'Something of Mi Casa. 

J’ Something is like the American dream but for South Africans. He’s got a pure heart, a wide open soul, is crazy (annoyingly) talent, is incredibly successful and is clearly not an asshole. WTF???? ?

Check out this conversation about his amazing life story, his view on life, his passion for music and being a father and a husband and his incredible friendship with Hugh Masekela. Also check out the impromptu song-writing session in the middle if you want to be depressed for the rest of your life.

S02 E18

Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast:  Theo Crous is the legendary producer behind The Springbok Nude Girls, Kobus, The Parlotones, Prime Circle and so much more. But he's also friends with the Foo Fighters, even though he slept through Dave Grohl's biking birthday party.

S02 E17 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast:

Heavy K is a megastar in the making! His story is inspiring and I particularly admire what he has done for his family and his community.

Enjoy this half interview with the big man himself.

S02 E16 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast: 

Trevor Gumbi is a monolith of stand up comedy in South Africa. He made it bigger than most people can dream of and then blew his career down the toilet in a haze of partying and drugs and  a very public divorce. In this episode, Trevor Gumbi tells you stories of failing, of interventions and of pme one of the most remarkable recoveries you've ever heard  - in all it's brutal glory. I hope you enjoy this inspirational chat with one of my favourite comedians on planet earth! 

S02 E15 Jon Savage's Whats Your Poison podcast:

This has got to be one of my most special episodes I've ever done.

Pops Mohamed is a true African icon and has seen it all (literally) and done it all (also literally). His albums are collectors items and he still has the spirit and the energy of a teenager!

Episode 14 of Season 2 of What's Your Poison with Jon Savage.

Gareth Cliff speaks about leaving 5FM and the days starting up Cliff Central blah blah yadda yadda - whats most interesting is his obsession with learning history and his home chemical lab that he's created to study the universe! 

Episode 13 of Season 2 of What's Your Poison with Jon Savage.

Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse is one of Africa's greatest living legends and is one of my all time hero's. What an honour to be able to steal an hour of his time to find out all about his incredible life!

This is a wicked episode of Whats Your Poison! You're so lucky to have not heard it yet.

Brandon Auret is an actor's actor, and one of the most successful South African actors of all time! On this episode he opens up about everything - i think we get on because neither of us have any filters :) 

Whats Your Poison with Jon Savage S02E10

Superstar Amanda Black joins me on this weeks episode. She eats chocolate and talks about her break up with Ambitiouz Records, bringing her traditional Xhosa culture to her style and the impact that Brenda Fassie has had on her! Love it!

Kurt Darren has a new album out called The African Songbook and it's so fresh and unexpected, it's awesome.  If you want to hear someone whose passion for music knows no boundaries, and meet a superstar that will continue to surprise you, then listen to this incredible interview.

Check out the video on YouTube : 

We are drinking A Wee Beauty.