Bok van Blerk
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Bok van Blerk, born Louis Pepler March 30, 1978, is a South Africa
n musician who sings in Afrikaans
. He became famous in 2006 for his rendition of "De la Rey" by Sean Else and Johan Vorster.
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After his study, he spent time working abroad.
In March 2006, Bok van Blerk and the Mossies released the album Jy praat nog steeds my taal (You still speak my language). The same album was rereleased in October 2006 under the name De La Rey and solely credited to Bok van Blerk. According to Van Blerk "and the Mossies" was removed because his fellow singer, Tanya van Graan, was too busy modelling. Van Blerk is accompanied by Jaco Mans (and occasionally Manie van Niekerk) on lead guitar, Francois Coetzee on bass guitar, and Nathan Smit on the drums.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n musician who sings in Afrikaans
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
. He became famous in 2006 for his rendition of "De la Rey" by Sean Else and Johan Vorster.
Early life and career
Van Blerk went to Hoërskool Die Wilgers (school) in PretoriaPretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
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After his study, he spent time working abroad.
In March 2006, Bok van Blerk and the Mossies released the album Jy praat nog steeds my taal (You still speak my language). The same album was rereleased in October 2006 under the name De La Rey and solely credited to Bok van Blerk. According to Van Blerk "and the Mossies" was removed because his fellow singer, Tanya van Graan, was too busy modelling. Van Blerk is accompanied by Jaco Mans (and occasionally Manie van Niekerk) on lead guitar, Francois Coetzee on bass guitar, and Nathan Smit on the drums.
Discography
- 2005: De La Rey
- 2009: Afrikanerhart
- 2010: My Kreet
External links
- Bok van Blerk's De la Rey on iTunes UK & Europe
- Bok van Blerk's De la Rey on iTunes USA
- The Right Perspective interview (with YouTube video)
- Bok van Blerk's fanpage
- Bok van Blerk's homepage
- Alec Russell, "Boer Roar," Financial Times
- "Between Pride and Prejudice: The Problem of History", about van Blerk's De la Rey
- De la Rey music video from MK89MK89MK is a mostly Afrikaans music channel, launched in mid 2005, as MK89, that is part of the DStv bouquet of satellite channels owned by MultiChoice/M-Net, based in South Africa. MK is for Musiek Kanaal and 89 was the original channel number on DStv satellite decoders...
on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos.... - Video interview with Bok van Blerk about "De la Rey" on BeeldBeeldBeeld is an Afrikaans language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Beeld is distributed in five provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West and KwaZulu-Natal. Die Beeld was an Afrikaans language Sunday newspaper in the late 1960s...
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