in drums: charlie watts, Ringo, barrimore barlow, omar hakim, efrain toro, horacio hernandez, joey heredia, airto morreira, ralph humphrey, joe porcaro, anton fig, paco sery, joey baron, steve houghton, zakir hussein, casey scheurell, Zigaboo Modeleste, taka numazawa and so on and on........
and of course hats off to the big 5: Bonham, the GADD, Elvin, Jeff Porcaro and MR Keltner!
in music and life: beatles, stones, led zep, robert plant, salif keita, keith jarret, herbie hancock, chick corea, bob dylan, neil young, the meters, miles davis, prince, george clinton, the chilli peppers, bela bartok, stravinsky, anour brahem, caetano veloso, deepak chopra, andre brink, jm coetzee, pedro amaldovar, david lynch, gabriel g marquez, milan kundera, new york city, san francisco, paris, london, vancouver, madrid, paul simon, johnny clegg, anton goosen, valiant swart, andy warhol, giorgio armani, colin vearncombe, picasso, matisse, johnny fourie, bruce cassidy, peter gabriel, david bowie, brian eno, daniel lanois, rick rubin, neil diamond, joni mitchell, duncan mackay, shawn phillips and so on and on and on and on.......
Sounds Like
Digital Download albums, available exclusively on Rhythm Online
Baboti
Barry van Zyl (Johnny Clegg's drummer since 1999) got together in the studio with a bunch of very musical friends like Denver and Ernie from Moodphase5ive, Wendy Oldfield, Concord Nkabinde and others. The result has been called Baboti. Jazz, funk, rap, R&B, rock, adult contemporary, urban? Yes, all of these and more ... a real product of Cape Town. Baboti is not available on CD and is released exclusively as digital downloads on Rhythm Online.
Hadeda
Hadeda produced by Nibs and me in Durban at Sesalos studios in 2007. All tracked and mixed in 2 days!
Van Zyl, Van Der Spuy en Vennote
Van Zyl, V D Spuy album recorded in 2002 in Durban in the lounge of Nib's house in Westville.
"My albums 'Goema Music' and 'African Heartbeat' are international releases not available in stores in South Africa. They are available to purchase from ARC Music UK" -- Barry Van Zyl
African Heart Beat
In his first solo album, Barry Van Zyl, world-renowned South African percussionist and drummer with the Johnny Clegg Band since 1999, presents his interpretation of the rhythms and feels of southern African drumming. The album combines musical and rhythmical influences from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia... -- ARC Music
Goema Music From Cape Town South Africa
Goema [pronounce: "gooma"] music from the Bo Kaap, Cape Town, South Africa, as played today, still in its traditional format with voices, percussion, bass, banjo and guitar. The songs ("goema liedjies") have their origins in the early days of the cape; they are very much community music, full of social comment, humour and double entendre. Info in four languages. Afrikaans lyrics in the booklet. -- ARC Music
Barry started playing drums as a 10 year old as accompanist to his piano playing dad. Since then, he graduated from the Musicians Institute of Technology, Hollywood, California with an honours in performance.
He has lectured in the music departments of Cape Town University, Wits University JHB, and Pretoria Technikon.
During the late nineties while touring Europe with artists such as Oliver Mtukudzi and the Soweto String Quartet, he was offered the drum chair in Johnny Clegg's group. Barry has been a member of Johnny's band since 1999, touring extensively in Europe, North America, Australasia and the UK.
Highlights have included:
Opening the Montreal Jazz Festival to an outdoor audience of 150 000 people / Guest performances by Peter Gabriel, Brian May, Jimmy Buffet, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Robert Plant.
Double billing in the USA with Lenny Kravitz, Taj Mahal and The Neville Brothers.
Headlining the 46664 Mandela concert series
The Mandela 90th Birthday Concert in Hyde Park London in June 2008.
Numerous North American and European TV show appearances.
Summer Music Festivals all over Europe, the USA and Canada.
Barry also records with a variety of other artists, some of which include:
Rock singer Arno Carstens' two solo albums for SonyBMG
The percussion soundtrack for the Oscar winning motion picture 'Tstotsi'
Drums and percussion on the “Black” albums ‘Between Two Churches' and ‘Live @ the Bassline'
The drums and percussion on the Grammy nominated Ladysmith Black Mambazo and London Chamber Orchestra recording 'No Frontiers'
Theuns Jordaan's last triple platinum album 'Seisoen' (EMI)
The latest Johnny Clegg album 'One Life'
Johnny Clegg 'Live at the Nelson Mandela Theatre' DVD
Johnny Clegg's 'One Life' Live DVD
Concord Nkabinde's two solo album releases.
Valiant Swart and Ollie Viljoen's 'Vuur en Vlam' album release.
Robin Auld's new release 'Over the Mountain'
James Stewart's new album, still to be titled.
Recent tours and performances aside from the Clegg band include:
A Nov 2008 UK tour with LA based singer songwriter Michelle Shocked
UK dates with James Stewart
UK dates with Anton Goosen
UK dates with Robin Auld
Shows with Theuns Jordaan, Valiant Swart, Paul Hanmer, McCoy Mrubata, Robin Auld, Ian Roberts' Radio Kalahari Orkes, Mike Cambell's Cape Big Band and so on.....
Barry's Projects:
'Afric' - an Irish/African collaboration with long time friend Fiachna O' Brainon of the group 'Hothouse Flowers' and two time Grammy winner Robin Hogarth.
Two international 'solo' releases on ARC Records - 'African Heartbeat' and 'Goema Music from Cape Town'
Barry and Robin Hogarth are presently producing two new ARC Records releases featuring Mbira and Marrabenta musicians.
Two collaboration releases for mp3 download exclusively on Rhythm Online - 'Baboti' and 'Hadeda' - with amongst others Efrain Toro, Concord Nkabinde and Nibs Van Der Spuy.
Recording and performance collaborations in 2009 with Tony Cox in UK/SA, and Syd Kitchen in SA/USA.
The 2009 Johnny Clegg tour will include the UK, France , Switzerland, Morocco, Germany, Czech Republic, Algeria, Australia and North America.
Masterclass at Drumtech, London in Nov 2008
Johnny Clegg - 46664 Concert, March 2005
MySpace presence for Barry Van Zyl coded by Brian Currin
Check out the new trailer with snippets from the Herzberg
festival.
Tribe, whose performance was considered by many to be the
highlight of the festival was comprised entirely of Joshua tree musicians! We hope to have the live footage and
recording from this festival edited and mixed within the next 2 months.
Hey Barry, just diggin' Mr Do Wrong - so cool. I don't know why I saw this but have you seen the face in your picture. Squint at it, your cymbals are the eyes, bass drum - the mouth and you, the nose. It's an ALIEN!!! All the breast. Keith
Hi Barry Thank you very much for the add and all the best from Krefeld. I hope we see us soon as possible in Germany. Keep on Drumming :-)) Cheers Whitetip
Barry Barry Bvaz my friend! Howz you meneer..... I STILL LOOOOOOOOONG to come play and perform at home...but its easier said then done...mate... Dunno what to do.....
... M A M Y K Ô ... 
MONTRÉAL QUÉBEC CANADA
