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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Steve Newman
Person · male · South Africa · Cape Town · born 1952
South African acoustic guitarist
Also known as 스티브 뉴먼
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1950s
Biography
English biography70 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1261855090
Biography
Steve Newman is a South African acoustic guitarist and a founding member of the group Tananas. For thirty years Newman has been collaborating with fellow South African guitarist, Tony Cox. He is also one of The Aquarian Quartet, consisting of Tony Cox, Syd Kitchen (deceased 2011), Greg Georgiades and Steve Newman. He was a member of Mondetta, a self-described world music group, with Gito Baloi (of Tananas) and Wendy Oldfield.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
No discography rows stored yet
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Stats & PK
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 7 | 44.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tananas(band) | — | present | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Newman.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767184genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767184seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Newman_%28musician%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Newman_%28musician%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of South African musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Behind The Lens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q1767184 · MusicBrainz: 879d25fc-106f-425d-a4fb-c30468b4361e
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