From Joburg CBD dives of the 1980s to the Cape Town jazz fest, Hilton Schilder has been ahead of the curve
Here are Friday editor Charles Leonard’s 10 picks of the festival
Last year, South African jazz pianist Thandi Ntuli released her album Rainbow Revisited on International Anthem Records, to great acclaim. But what does it feel like to translate the album to the stage?
South African artists have got together to produce an album to support Palestinians
It’s almost time for International Jazz Day — 30 April — and there will be events in 190 countries where it will not be necessary to gatekeep about who and what jazz is — the players and the listeners will just enjoy it
A new play by a new playwright explores shenanigans in South Africa’s politics
Playwright Richard Calland describes the main character “Uncle” as being a Mac Maharaj-like figure with other ANC-types thrown into the mix
The political drama about corruption and power is clever, gripping and insightful
Here are three cultural things to listen to or watch
Multi-Grammy award-winning Winehouse died in 2011 aged 27 of alcohol poisoning after a very public, drug-driven downward spiral