"South African music has a handful of creative geniuses to thank for their contribution to local music. Historically, each genre has seen certain individuals colouring the landscape of what has become our musical identity and Edi Niederlander has always been one of those leading lights. Any serious stock-take of our seminal performing artists, will acknowledge the brilliance of Edi's artistry and versatility as guitarist, singer and composer"

Cape Times.

A gifted poet, Edi has always had rich lyrical output and being a musician with an exceptional ear, this naturally evolved into song writing. Since starting out in folk clubs in Johannesburg in the late 60's, Edi has held audiences captive on countless stages and music festivals around the country, as a solo performer and with scores of her contemporaries. She has also played guitar and bass on albums for David Kramer, Paul Klingman and Jennifer Ferguson. Besides as a support act for Joan Armatrading in Swaziland and showcases in numerous musicals Edi has also written a musical tone-poem about Robben Island titled, "Not Quite Island Style", which played to audiences on Robben Island, the Whale Well and at the Listowel Literary Festival in Ireland.

To date, Edi has released three albums; the first being "Ancient Dust", whose title track introduced the feature film Jock Of The Bushveld and for this won a Vita award. This was followed by "Hear No Evil", also on the Mountain label, and later her independently produced "Dreamland".

Born in Budapest, Hungary and growing up in 50s/60s Durban where her immigrant family settled, Edi's cultural heritage is huge. From Gypsy melodies to traditional African music, the great rock evolution, folk and world music, and a socio/political awareness that sparked her into lyrical protest. She has always been outspoken on her beliefs and for this, some of her songs were banned from airplay during the apartheid era.

Be it acoustic or electric guitar, bass or singing technique, Edi has succeeded in teaching hundreds of people of all ages to love and play the guitar – amongst them, some now professional musicians, children from disadvantaged communities, children and adults with learning disabilities, and a woman with very little hearing ...