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Johannes Kerkorrel
Johannes Kerkorrel (27 March 1960 – 12 November 2002), born Ralph John Rabie, was a South African singer-songwriter, journalist and playwright.
==Early life and career==
Born in Johannesburg, Rabie worked as a journalist for the Afrikaans weekly newspaper ''Rapport''. In 1986, as apartheid reached its zenith under National Party-led government under State President P.W. Botha, Rabie started performing politically themed cabaret at arts festivals under his new stage name (''kerkorrel'' meaning church organ in Afrikaans). In 1987, Rabie was fired by ''Rapport'' for using quotes from Botha's speeches in his music; he then became a full-time musician and performer under the name ''Johannes Kerkorrel en die Gereformeerde Blues Band'' (Johannes Kerkorrel and the Reformed Blues Band), a deliberate reference to the Reformed Church. The band also included the Afrikaans singer-songwriter Koos Kombuis. At the time their brand of new Afrikaans music was dubbed ''alternatiewe Afrikaans'' (alternative Afrikaans) and exposed divergent political views to a new generation of Afrikaners.〔〔
In 1989, they released the album ''Eet Kreef'' (''Eat Crayfish'') on the now-defunct Shifty Records label, which was a commercial success despite its tracks being banned from radio airplay by the South African Broadcasting Corporation, which was the government mouthpiece. The subsequent regional tour of college campuses and art festivals was called ''Voëlvry'' (literally ''free as a bird'' but here meaning ''outlawed''), and Rabie's controversial reinvention of Afrikaans popular music became known as the ''Voëlvry movement''.〔〔
In 1990, Rabie visited Amsterdam, and almost simultaneously the track ''Hillbrow'' from the ''Eet Kreef'' album became a hit in Belgium, and Rabie followed its success with a solo tour. In subsequent years he enjoyed substantial artistic success in Belgium and the Netherlands, and spent much of his time in Belgium. Here he also befriended Stef Bos, a Dutch cabaret artist, with whom he would share a number of concerts.〔〔
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