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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 […]
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 […]
The third annual Cape Town Folk ‘n Acoustic Music Festival features stars like Ard Matthews, Steve Newman, Farryl Purkiss, Wendy Oldfield, Andrew James, Digby and the Lullaby, Guy Buttery and […]
This article by Evan Milton first appeared in “Wanted” magazine (Business Day), in November 2012. Credit: http://www.facebook.com/freshlygroundsa. Freshlyground are seven musicians who hail from three southern African countries. They’ve released […]
The inaugural Cape Town World Music Festival sees African music legend Oliver Mtukudzi headline a multi-national bill of over thirty artists, including some of the city’s many emigre artists. This […]
After last year’s success, Heineken Symphonic Rocks returns to blend contemporary hits with the power of classical instrumentation, and featuring Flat Stanley, Arno Carstens, Loyiso, Tumi, Ard Matthews and more. […]
Mzfitz is an Xhosa-blues acoustic side-project comprising a trio of members from Freshlyground. It’s just one of the musical experiments the top South African band . Photos courtesy of Flamjangled […]
A perennial darling of Cape Town’s jazz crowds, Judith Sephuma returns to the city that saw her start her career to sing above the waves at the unique Aquajazz evening. […]
Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse, 46664-veteran and the music-mind behind ‘Burn Out’, passed through Cape Town as a Red Bull Music Academy guest lecturer en route to the United States, where he […]
Fronted by jazz diva Emily Bruce, the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra takes time off educational workshops to play Cape Town’s city centre for the inaugural Ubuntu Festival – and Mandela […]
The first annual South African Music Exchange takes place in Cape Town next weekend bringing together international luminaries and local industry insiders. Co-founder Martin Myers, a music business veteran, explains […]