Jim Neversink

Jim Neversink (born 16 June, 1969) is a South African musician, singer and songwriter. His musical style spans indie rock, country, americana and punk.He is best known as a solo artist who performs with changing line-ups. As such, he has released three albums to critical acclaim. Despite being released on independent labels, two of them were included in lists of best album of the year in South African magazines as well as in Billboard. Three South African newspapers also listed Neversink albums among their albums of the decade Quotes Ingrid Jonker's work is so beautifully constructed and angular, I wanted to try match the tension, bitterness and anger of her words. The riffy guitar, pretty much throughout is an attempt to illustrate that she's being pursued and there's no immediate exit from her nightmare. She's looking for answers, there's nothing just this duel-type juggernaut chasing her down. I hear an innocent, helpless woman in despair and in much the same way as someone may use their displaced anger monstrously by kicking a dog, or screeching at their kids, I thought the innocence of daybreak could become a target of anger too. Then some lap steel guitar - I usually play in open E but I thought she deserved something prettier so I toyed with C6, which is an Hawaiian tuning; that's the tropical island daybreak sound I was going for. I knew the poem and had a vague understanding of the theme but I used the Antjie Krog and André Brink translation from 2007 as my guide. External links Category:Living people Category:1969 births Category:Singers from South Africa Category:Guitarists from South Africa