Runaway Train Cult
Runaway Train Cult is a band of music revivalists going into the past for much of their influences.
The band began as an offshoot of Afrikaans Roots band, Radio Kalahari Orkes, and is part of a broader
collective of musicians who session at Dan Roberts’ StoepStudios and share a love for acoustic
folk and roots music.
The band’s original influence stems from their interest in Gypsy jazz, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Americana, New Orleans swing and the instruments associated to those genres: Violin, guitars, upright bass, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, accordion, brass and percussion. The various styles have become so integrated that it’s hard to hear where one genre starts and another stops. Recently Hip Hop and soul have got into the mix, so the journey continues.
The band’s original influence stems from their interest in Gypsy jazz, Bluegrass, Appalachian, Americana, New Orleans swing and the instruments associated to those genres: Violin, guitars, upright bass, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, accordion, brass and percussion. The various styles have become so integrated that it’s hard to hear where one genre starts and another stops. Recently Hip Hop and soul have got into the mix, so the journey continues.
No Diggity/Thrift Shop
Jamming at Stoepstudio. We have just started recording our new album and were jamming on some material we enjoy. This is the Blackstreet Classic, No Diggity,...
Through the years
This is a homage to some of the photographers that have photographed us through the years. Graham De Lacy, the late, great Henry Engelbrecht, Gerrie Bezuiden...