Riaan Smit is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed Namibian-born, South African-bred singer-songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist celebrated for his high-energy, genre-bending music style. Best known as the charismatic
frontman of the “alternative ska, or gypsy jungle band” Crimson House, his signature sound—which he describes as
“Afro-gypsy blues”—fuses African rhythms, gypsy swing, blues, rock, and ska.
