30 years of Shifty: How music and memory made the rainbow nation
It started with a claptrap caravan, a V6 bakkie and a mission to capture the sounds of a turbulent time. During the 1980s, independent label Shifty Records recorded music that […]
It started with a claptrap caravan, a V6 bakkie and a mission to capture the sounds of a turbulent time. During the 1980s, independent label Shifty Records recorded music that […]
As part of New York’s “Ubuntu” celebrations of the music of South Africa, multiple Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo will present a tribute to the legendary Miriam Makeba that features South African […]
Dave Matthews Band, officially the biggest touring act of the decade, finally play South Africa, and feature special guest star, Vusi Mahlasela. It’s all about making sh*t up on the fly, […]
From time to time, this blog will run press releases when it seemed the news is just too damned good not to share. Like this one, which sees Dave Matthews […]
Steelpan jazz pioneer Andy Narell returns to South Africa to headline Jazz On The Rocks 2013, bringing his “world jazz” compositions to Cape Town before returning to showcase the steelband sound in Trinidad – […]
With the 2013 edition of the annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival due in a month, here’s Evan Milton’s review of the 2012 festival, loving the the jazz on offer, […]
Uncharacteristically, this is neither an interview nor a review. Instead, it’s an unedited press release for something I fear might not get the coverage it warrants. Malian superstar Salif Keita, Mozambique’s Isabel Novella, local […]
Singer, songwriter and ambassador of ubuntu, Vusi Mahlasela usually spends the early months touring and lecturing across America. For 2012, though, he’s in South Africa – including a rare date […]
Punters and purists partied with a purpose at Africa’s Grandest Gathering by Evan Milton, Anton Marshall and Miles Keylock. A review of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2012 written as a joint three-way review for Rolling Stone South […]