His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.

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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 ...

Prince Kaybee, a prominent figure in the South African music industry, has sparked a heated debate on social media with his bold declaration that Ciza’s latest single, “Isaka (6am)”, is “by far the ...

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 ...

Sanya Osha receives funding from the Andrew M. Mellon Foundation but writes in his personal capacity. Just weeks before being gunned down in what appeared to be a hit, the South African rapper AKA ...

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...