Steve Newman is a South African acoustic guitarist and a founding member of the group Tananas.[1][2][3] For thirty years Newman has been collaborating with fellow South African guitarist, Tony Cox.[4] 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.[5]