Albert Frost

Voted by Stage Magazine as best Blues guitarist in South Africa, Albert Frost has proved this statement time and again.

He started playing the guitar in 1989 and then quickly progressed to performing with the now well known SA band, Dorp.

In 1994, Albert then played along side his father, legendary Frank D. Frost in the breath-taking band – the Blues Broers.
They brought out 4 albums namely ‘Damn Fine Mojo’ (1994), ‘Sharp Street’ (1995), ‘Been Around’ (1996) and ‘The Cellar Tapes’ (1998) before going their separate ways in 2003.

Simon Orange (keyboard and vocals – Blues Broers) co-founded Frosted Orange with Albert in 1996 then also recording their two albums: ‘Bulldozer’ in 1999 and ‘My Love is a Leopard’ in 2002.

Albert performed with Valiant Swart from 1999 to 2003 and recorded ‘Blou Kombuis’ with Koos Kombuis in 2000.

In 2004, he played with the Belgian band Blues Lee at the internationally acclaimed music festival Pukkelpop in Belgium. Other artists at the festival included The Darkness, The White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand and Kings of Leon. Daniel Lohues, another international Blues performer from Holland collaborated with Albert at an electrifying Oppikoppi how during the same year.

Releasing his first solo album ‘Catfish’ in 2002 created a new spectrum as he performs original songs as well as classic from Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters to name only a few. From intimate solo shows to creating an exciting fusion of Blues meets spine-chilling Rock and Roll by playing with his trio, Albert has also joined forces with Arno Carstens (ex-Springbok Nude Girls).

The project, New Porn, formed in 2003, went gold with their outstanding debut album ‘Another Universe’ in May 2004 and then also winning Albert and Arno the Best Rock Album Award at the SAMA Awards in the same month as well as supporting REM on their world tour in March 2005. Now, after their second album release ‘ The Hello Goodbye Boys’ in September 2005, they have returned from their UK tour which successfully reached audiences from all over the world.

Albert Frost has also performed with Vusi Mahlasela, Louis Mahlanga, Morris Goldberg, Nico Carstens, Ollie Viljoen, Theo Crous, Anton Goosen and the Springbok Nude Girls. Also, playing the last 11 Grahamstown Festivals, 20 Oppikoppi’s, the last 8 Oudtshoorn KKNK festivals, 6 years at Aardklop, 4 at Woodstock and Splashy Fen.

In 2005, Karin Zoid and Albert Frost also collaborated to create the number one hit ‘The Reason’ that features on her new album ‘Media’, which they have performed on the television soapie ‘Egoli – Place of Gold’ together, as well as performing solo and with Arno Carstens on the soapie.

2006 saw the release of The Hello Goodbye Boys, the second album collaboration with Arno Carstens which went gold in 2007.

True highlights in his career include performing with The Rolling Stones in Spain in 2007, playing a show with Oscar winner Tim Robbins and being part of the REM tour in 2006; the Presidential Inauguration and Celebration of the 10 years of Democracy in 2004 to an audience of 70 000, as well as collaborating with double Grammy Award winning Malian legend, Ali Farka Toure for an exclusive function launch for the museum housing priceless African manuscripts from the 14th century in Cape Town hosted by Thabo Mbeki.

Vusi Mahlasela on Oppikoppi, “Those gigs were just great, Louis is so talented, I’m telling you. Albert too – we’re very lucky to have musicians such as them in this country.”

“Albert’s style is laid back and mellow with that Blues/Rock funk that makes for awesome background music whether you are drinking, driving, chilling or hanging out – Catfish rocks.” Dorin Bambus – Blunt

“’n Highlight was toe Louis Mahlanga en Albert Frost ‘n kitaarbattle teen mekaar gehou het. Daar is min ghoeroes wat deesdae nog ‘n kitaar so kan laat h-u-u-i-i-l.” Jaco Nel – Beeld

Arno and Albert Frost alone on stage together produce an3 unplugged acoustic show that showcases Albert’s extraordinary guitar-playing skills and Arno’s beautiful and powerful voice, often performed in smaller, seated venues