A TikTok video of a drummer's take on Gqom entertained South Africans. The TikTok of a united Mzansi audience enjoying Gqom ...
Pops Mohamed Mixed Old And New To Reinvent South African Music. Ismail Mohamed-Jan – better known by South African jazz fans ...
The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or ...
Two days ago, an American entertainer amazed South Africans when she used a foreign audio in her video Ciara showed some love to South Africa and ‘jammed’ to a popular Amapiano song loved by many ...
Since transitioning to amapiano, not only have they grabbed headlines by playing the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival alongside the Grammy Award-winning Black Coffee, but they also famously ...
Through the University of Fort Hare, Akhona Ndzuta receives funding from the NRF. Apart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of a cross-section of socio-economic neighbourhoods across ...
South Africa’s legendary Afro-pop group Dalom Kids are officially back—stronger, bolder, and ready to groove their way into a new era. The group is celebrating a South African Music Award (SAMA) ...