JULIAN REDPATH
NO ORDINARY FOLK
Words / Photographs / Joanne Olivier
Interview: Caroline Hillary
Video: Tickybox Media Kirsten Siebert
You won’t find Julian Redpath on the Top 40 Charts. You won’t find him in alternative or even the mainstream folk section. You might find him in a tiny section of the South African Itunes Store categorized between Bon Iver, Nick Drake and African Violin concertos Vol.3.
Julian agrees to meet us in his apartment, an old school Killarney flat with pools of sunlight beaming in through white windows. Large empty wooden floors, floral couches he inherited from his mom, an antiquated amp a friend donated to him, a cool as hell retro organ and a very well positioned record player. This house is a space for music – for open silent days and the creation of song.
