Valiant Swart

Valiant Swart
Background information
Origin	South Africa
Genres	Alternative rock Punk rock
Years active	1990– present
Labels	Rhythm Records
Website	Official Website

Valiant Swart (born Pierre Nolte, 25 November 1965), is a South African musician, Afrikaans folk rock singer/songwriter and actor from Wellington who resides in Stellenbosch. In 1977, at 11 years old, Valiant was given a guitar by his father and taught himself to play songs like Baby Blue by George Baker and Hush Hush Maria of Joe Dolan. Two years later he owned his first electric guitar. He writes and sings in both English and Afrikaans. The work that was begun by artists like Anton Goosen and, later, Koos Kombuis was continued by Swart.

Albums

• Die Mystic Boer (1996)
• Dorpstraat Revisited (1996)
• Kopskoot (1997)
• Roekeloos (1998)
• Deur die Donker Vallei (1999)
• Boland Punk (2001)
• Maanhare (2002)
• Song vir Katryn (2003)
• ‘n Jaar in die son (with Koos Kombuis) (2003)
• @ Jinx (with Mel Botes) (2004)
• Mystic Myle (2005)
• Horisontaal (2006)
• Vuur en Vlam with Ollie Viljoen (2007)
• Vrydagaand/Saterdagaand (2008)
• Wild en Wakker with Ollie Viljoen (2010)

DVDs

• Live in die Staatsteater (2003)

Awards

• Best Afrikaans Traditional Music Album (with Ollie Viljoen)^[1] - Vuur en Vlam: South African Music Awards 2008

References