AKiMBO

Description

AKiMBO is capable of doing a wide variety of shows types:
1) Weddings
2) Festivals
3) Picnics
4) Birthdays
5) Corporate Events
6) Background music
7) Main event performances
8) House concerts
9) Cover band shows
10) Fully original shows
We tailor our performance to your needs. We have always received good feedback from event organizers and audience members regarding our song choices and how we present ourselves. We take pride in that we can read a crowd well and if our performance or setlist needs adjusting during a show, we do that to suit the vibe and the situation.

Set-List

This is our current full repertoire, but we add to it often:
WHERE IS MY MIND THE PIXIES
DREAMS THE CRANBERRIES
CREEP RADIOHEAD
LIGHTNING CRASHES LIVE
UNDER THE BRIDGE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
1979 SMASHING PUMPKINS
COME AS YOU ARE NIRVANA
DANI CALIFORNIA RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
CALIFORNICATION RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
USE SOMEBODY KINGS OF LEON
NUMB LINKIN PARK
LITHIUM NIRVANA
SKINNY LOVE BIRDY
IN MY LIFE THE BEATLES
YELLOW COLDPLAY
FIX YOU COLDPLAY
WAITING FOR THE BUS VIOLENT FEMMES
SCAR TISSUE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY SHERYL CROW
TEENAGE DIRTBAG WHEATUS ...
LINGER CRANBERRIES
SPACE ODDITY DAVID BOWIE
40 DAY DREAM EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
SUMMER OF '69 BRIAN ADAMS
WHERE DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT NIRVANA
NOTHING ELSE MATTERS METALLICA
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS GREEN DAY
BLACK HOLE SUN SOUNDGARDEN
OTHERSIDE RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
INNER CITY BLUES RODRIGUEZ
RED HOUSE JIMI HENDRIX
FORTUNATE SON CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR WALKING NANCY SINATRA
BLACK VELVET ALANNAH MYLES
GIMME ONE REASON TRACY CHAPMAN
COME TOGETHER THE BEATLES
TWEETER AND THE MONKEY MAN THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS
CHAMPAGNE SUPERNOVA OASIS
RICH FOLKS HOAX RODRIGUEZ
TOXIC BRITNEY SPEARS
DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER OASIS
WONDERWALL OASIS
HEART SHAPED BOX NIRVANA
BEAT IT MICHAEL JACKSON
WHAT'S UP 4 NON BLONDES
HERE COMES YOUR MAN THE PIXIES
BETTER MAN PEARL JAM
WEATHER WITH YOU CROWDED HOUSE
ANGELA THE LUMINEERS
SIMPLY THE BEST TINA TURNER/NOAH REID
SUGARMAN RODRIGUEZ
BIG YELLOW TAXI JONI MITCHELL
MRS ROBINSON SIMON & GARFUNKEL
CECILIA SIMON & GARFUNKEL
HEY YA! OUTKAST
DOWN BY THE RIVER MILKY CHANCE
THE SCIENTIST COLDPLAY
GET THE PARTY STARTED P!NK
THE GAMBLER KENNY ROGERS
WALK OF LIFE DIRE STRAITS
RING OF FIRE JOHNNY CASH
BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN HARRY MCLINTOCK
WAGON WHEEL DARIUS RUCKER
WALK THE LINE JOHNNY CASH
STRONG ENOUGH SHERYL CROW
YOU'RE STILL THE ONE SHANIA TWAIN
HOTEL CALIFORNIA THE EAGLES
MERCEDES BENZ JANIS JOPLIN
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE JANIS JOPLIN
SWEET HOME ALABAMA LYNYRD SKYNYRD
PAINT IT BLACK ROLLING STONES
HANDLE ME WITH CARE THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS
END OF THE LINE THE TRAVELLING WILBURYS
BORN TO BE WILD STEPPENWOLF
JOLENE DOLLY PARTON
OLD TOWN ROAD LIL NAS X
MAN I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN SHANIA TWAIN
THAT DON'T IMPRESS ME MUCH SHANIA TWAIN
BABY CAN I HOLD YOU TRACY CHAPMAN
JETPLANE JOHN DENVER
FOREVER YOUNG BOB DYLAN
WILD WORLD CAT STEVENS/YUSUF
CROSSROADS TRACY CHAPMAN
TALKIN' ABOUT A REVOLUTION TRACY CHAPMAN
IT MUST HAVE BEEN LOVE ROXETTE
THE BOXER SIMON AND GARFUNKEL
REDEMPTION SONG BOB MARLEY
DUST IN THE WIND KANSAS
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ABBA
STREETS OF LONDON RALPH MCTELL
HEY THERE DELILAH PLAIN WHITE T'S
I AM A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS
ALL I WANT IS YOU BARRY LOUIS POLISAR - JUNO SOUNDTRACK
HOME EDWARD SHARPE & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS
BANG BANG NANCY SINATRA
HEART OF GOLD NEIL YOUNG
HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN THE ANIMALS
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER JIMI HENDRIX/BOB DYLAN
RIPTIDE VANCE JOY
LIKE A ROLLING STONE BOB DYLAN
I WONDER RODRIGUEZ
CRAZY GNARLES BARKLEY
ZOMBIE THE CRANBERRIES
HERE COMES THE HOTSTEPPER INI KAMOZE
DON'T KNOW WHY NORA JONES
TILL THERE WAS YOU BEATLES
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD LOUIS ARMSTRONG
SUMMERTIME ELLA FITZGERALD
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM ELLA FITZGERALD
BLUE SUEDE SHOES ELVIS PRESLEY
ONLY YOU THE PLATTERS
CAN'T HELP FALLING IN LOVE ELVIS PRESLEY
HELLO MARY LOU RICKY NELSON
HEY JUDE THE BEATLES
OBLADI OBLADA THE BEATLES
NOWHERE MAN THE BEATLES
HERE COME THE SUN THE BEATLES
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS THE BEATLES
DOWN ON THE CORNER CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
WHERE DO YOU GO TO MY LOVELY PETER SARSTEDT
BE MY BABY THE RONETTES
YESTERDAY THE BEATLES
WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
STAYIN' ALIVE THE BEEGEES
DANCING QUEEN ABBA
I WILL SURVIVE GLORIA GAYNOR
KOKOMO BEACH BOYS
YOU'RE SO VAIN CARLY SIMON
COTTONFIELDS CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
HOLD THE LINE TOTO
HEAVEN IS A PLACE ON EARTH BELINDA CARLISLE
TIME AFTER TIME CINDI LAUPER
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY FINE YOUNG CANNIBALS
HAND IN MY POCKET ALANIS MORISSETTE
KISS ME SIXPENCE NON THE RICHER
HERE WITHOUT YOU 3 DOORS DOWN
LOVEFOOL THE CARDIGANS
SAVE TONIGHT EAGLE EYE CHERRY
TORN NATALIE IMBRUGLIA
DROPS OF JUPITER TRAIN
I'M LIKE A BIRD NELLY FURTADO
SUMMERTIME SADNESS LANA DEL REY
FLOWERS MILEY CYRUS
DAY TRIPPER THE BEATLES
CLOSING TIME SEMISONIC
EVERYWHERE FLEETWOOD MAC
MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD DAVID BOWIE
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE THE DOORS
LIGHT MY FIRE THE DOORS
WISH YOU WERE HERE PINK FLOYD
TIME PINK FLOYD
COMFORTABLY NUMB PINK FLOYD
KILLING ME SOFTLY FUGEES
VALERIE AMY WINEHOUSE/MARK RONSON
DOCK OF THE BAY OTIS REDDING
IS THIS LOVE BOB MARLEY
JUST THE TWO OF US BILL WITHERS
STAND BY ME BEN E. KING
SON OF A PREACHER MAN DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
I SHOT THE SHERIFF BOB MARLEY
THREE LITTLE BIRDS BOB MARLEY
MEMORIES MAROON 5
NO WOMAN NO CRY BOB MARLEY
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON THE MELODIANS
ROXANNE POLICE
I'M YOURS JASON MRAZ
WONDERFUL LIFE BLACK
THRILLER MICHAEL JACKSON
BROWN EYED GIRL VAN MORRISON
SWEET CHILD OF MINE GUNS 'N ROSES
ALL THAT SHE WANTS ACE OF BASE
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL PINK FLOYD
21 GUNS GREEN DAY
IRONIC ALANIS MORISSETTE
JOY TO THE WORLD THREE DOG NIGHT
BAD MOON RISING CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
ROLLIN' ON THE RIVER CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
MIDNIGHT SPECIAL CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
I CAN SEE CREARLY NOW JOHNNY NASH
I'M A BELIEVER MONKEES
BUDAPEST GEORGE EZRA
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU U2
ANOTHER UNIVERSE ARNO CARSTENS
MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE BOB DYLAN/ADELE
SO LONG MARIANNE LEONARD COHEN
IMAGINE JOHN LENNON
CRUCIFY YOUR MIND RODRIGUES
THE STORY BRANDI CARLILE
BLOWIN' IN THE WIND BOB DYLAN
HALLELUJAH JEFF BUCKLEY
FIELDS OF GOLD STING
VIENNA BILLY JOEL
I AM A ROCK SIMON GARFUNKEL
FADE INTO YOU MAZZY STAR
FATHER AND SON CAT STEVENS/YUSUF
GOOD RIDDANCE GREENDAY
PIANO MAN BILLY JOEL
WHITE FLAG DIDO
AGAINST ALL ODDS PHIL COLLINS
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD
IN THE ARMS OF AN ANGEL SARAH MCLACHLAN
HURT JOHNNY CASH
LOVE OF MY LIFE QUEEN
LET IT BE THE BEATLES
WICKED GAME CHRIS ISAAC
KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR BOB DYLAN
SHALLOW LADY GAGA + BRADLEY COOPER
SLOW DANCING IN A BURNING ROOM JOHN MAYER
I DONT WANT TO MISS A THING AEROSMITH
EVERYTHING I DO BRYAN ADAMS
KISS THE GIRL THE LITTLE MERMAID
BARE NECESSITIES JUNGLE BOOK
HOW FAR I'LL GO MOANA
MY FAVORITE THINGS SOUND OF MUSIC
YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME RANDY NEWMAN
GOLDEN EYE TINA TURNER
CAROLINA AKIMBO
TO THE DUST AKIMBO
WE PREFER THE LIE AKIMBO
CASTLES OF GOLD AKIMBO
FIND ME THERE AKIMBO
ALONG FOR THE RIDE AKIMBO
HERE WITH YOU AKIMBO
WHERE THE HELL IS STEPHANIE AKIMBO
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Biography

AKiMBO is a music duo hailing from Stellenbosch, South Africa, who embellish a broad variety of popular songs with their own unique style of classical guitar, steel string guitar, ukulele, keyboard, percussion and beautiful vocal harmonies.
They have a large range of their own original music with meaningful stories behind them. They love doing shows that are entirely centred around these songs and showcasing the creativity weaved into their writing. They also have a large repertoire of 200+ cover songs.
Their performances are heartfelt and passionate and you can expect diverse genres fr ... om many different eras – anything from the 60’s and earlier right up to the present. Read More

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Experience

We have played a numerous events ranging from birthday parties, restaurants and social events to weddings, corporate and private parties. We have hosted two larger shows at a live concert venue with great attendance. We have been a duo for over five years now and are constantly improving our repertoire and skills.
Both of us have prior musical experience. Andi has been singing since she could talk and has since learned the basics of piano, guitar and ukulele. She has a history of musical theater and dance which all have a hand in fueling her performances.
Tayne has been playing his ow ... n classical style of guitar for more than 15 years and has a unique percussion setup that he plays whilst rocking it out on the guitar. He turns the most mundane of melodies into beauty. Read More

Previous Clients

Boschendal Picnics, Franschhoek: +27 64 931 0530 Christo Maart
Saggy Stone Lakes, Somerset West: +27 83 453 3526 Jackie Robinson
Stellenbosch Street Soireé: +27 81 835 1836 Llewellyn McDilling

Suitable for

Anniversary Party Birthday Party (Adult) Bridal Shower Charity / Fundraising Event Community Event Concerts / Tours Corporate Event Cruise Ships Dinner Party Engagement Party Festival / Outdoor Event Graduation Party Grand Opening Party Holiday / Theme Parks Hotel Event New Year's Eve Party Private Party Product Launch / Promotion Restaurant / Bar / Pub Event Retirement Party Theaters / Stage Trade Show / Exhibitions Wedding Ceremony Wedding Cocktail/Drinks Reception

Meet the Act

Andi has been singing since she could talk and has since learned the basics of piano, guitar and ukulele. She has a history of musical theater and dance which all have a hand in fueling her performances and keeps you captivated.
Tayne has been playing his own classical style of guitar for more than 15 years and has a unique percussion setup that he plays whilst rocking it out on the guitar. He turns the most mundane of melodies into beauty. If you know anything about music and guitaring you will be stunned at his brilliance.
Andi and Tayne met by through a mutual acquaintance. They wer ... e both looking of a musical partner and found it instantly after meeting up and jamming together for a bit. They immediately started expanding on what they already knew and took the band from scratch to where they are now. They built up a bit of a following and always love meeting new people along the way.
Andi is a qualified Clinical Technologist in Pulmonology and was working full-time up until recently when she moved away from the job to pursue music fully. Tayne has been working in tourism for many years and still straddles doing music and taking guests on wine tours by bike and hikes in the Stellenbosch and Franschhoek areas. Read More