As Christmas rolls around this year, PriceCheck has reached deep down into our musical archives and compiled our five favourite albums for this holiday season. However, we also had to take into account some new offerings and thus included two recently released CD’s for 2011! First up we have Mariah Carey with the 1994 released titled ‘Merry Christmas’. The 41 year-old mother of twins gave the music world this gem right off the heels of her multi-platinum selling ‘Music Box’ album. This festive CD spawned what the The New Yorker considers “one of the few worthy modern additions to the...

It’s official! Christmas is here. TV commercials, radio ads, decorations and the ever present sounds of bells and chimes. You are probably hearing different versions of “Jingle Bell Rock” and Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You” on constant rotation at your local mall and stores. So…let’s take a moment and think beyond Christmas and into the New Year and segue to the ‘New Year’s Resolution’. Let’s talk about the definition of a new year’s resolution. It is a commitment you make to a project, personal goal or mending those vices. Is your definition the same? Have...

Summer is finally showing some signs of making its appearance and with lots of sunshine and blue skies there are lots of fun activities to look forward to without being bothered about rain or cold weather. Whether it is food, music or wines…allow your senses to be tickled, teased and tantalized by all that summer has to offer. The ever popular Spiegel Tent Victoria is back and sets up camp at Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams in Cape Town. Capetonians can look forward to the Madame Zingara: 10 Years of Dreams on the 1st of September when doors open in Century City. According to managing director,...

Most of us have probably heard of or possibly (with a little embarrassment) watched the popular Disney movie ‘High School Musical’. It is the biggest Disney movie to date and has even spawned two sequels. Hollywood has obviously catered for the younger market and tried to extract a love of musicals for the youth and younger generation. But…what has happened to the classic musical? Think ‘Chicago’ with the classic tune ‘All That Jazz’ or ‘Cabaret’, with Liza Minnelli playing the classic role of Sally Bowles… Are the days of seeing a classic complex, funny or sad tale told through...

Our home has become a destination for international musicians, who make sure to include South Africa as part of their globe-trotting touring schedules. And South African’s have been only too happy to oblige. Pint sized Aussie Kylie Minogue recently stopped off in South Africa to perform in Cape Town and Johannesburg in July as part of her Aphrodite World Tour. Fans were taken back to ancient Greece and treated to hits like ‘Locomotion’, ‘Spinning Around’ and ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’. The tour was aimed at promoting Minogue’s latest album ‘Aphrodite’ featuring the...