Rooibaardt was a South African band formed in May 2004 with Hensi Van Staden, Denzl Keenan, Louis Esterhuizen and André du Plessis.
[1] Previously Hensi Van Staden and Denzl Keenan had a project called Fumadores (1999) which took them all over South Africa, gipsy style, performing and selling their music.
In 2000, while Van Staden and Du Plessis went traveling abroad, Keenan met Louis Esterhuizen and together they were involved in projects like Baraka, Spin Nasi and Shamanzi.
In May 2006 another local talent, OB (Louis-II) Swart (previously from the Pretoria band Mrs B) joined the group on base and Esterhuizen moved to electric guitar.
[3] Rooibaardt uses a wide variety of sounds and instruments: classical, electric and bass guitars, violin, colongo, mbira, pan pipes, pennywhistle, harmonica, concertina, melodium, trumpet, keyboard, jaw harp, didgeridoo, saw, samplers, djembe and clay pots.