RIP: Sathima Bea Benjamin, the African songbird
Sathima Bea Benjamin, jazz singer, composer and record-label owner, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday 20 August at her home Claremont in Cape Town. She was, of course, […]
Sathima Bea Benjamin, jazz singer, composer and record-label owner, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday 20 August at her home Claremont in Cape Town. She was, of course, […]
Ages back, Femina magazine asked me to give them the five best South African songs ever. Which is a weird kind of question, I think. But it seems to be what people […]
Victor Ntoni, legendary jazz bassist, composer and arranger, died in a Johannesburg hospital on Monday 28 January 2013. He was 65. It is all the more poignant since this self-effacing […]
Once dubbed ‘the musical ambassador of South Africa’, multi-instrumentalist Pops Mohamed co-headlines the inaugural Cape Town World Music Festival with sounds of ancestral healing. This article by Evan Milton first […]
Rekindling the ‘Sax Summit’ concerts of yesteryear, veteran musicians Barney Rachabane and Khaya Mahlangu will join local talents Mark Fransman and Victor Kula for ‘Yakal’inkomo: The Legacy’, a celebration of […]
With the loss of Cape jazz legend Robbie Jansen painfully fresh in music lover’s minds, better news is that multi-instrumentalist Hilton Schilder, is well enough to leave hospital for concerts […]
Young Cape Town saxophonist Ethan Smith is the latest winner of the Fine Music Radio Pick ‘n Pay Award for Jazz – the perfect farewell present as he prepares to […]
Hotep Idris Galeta returns from work on multimedia and music centres in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng to play a rare Cape performance – and launch a new album, ‘Funkin’ […]