International festivals aren’t the only music in Cape Town. In Gugulethu, a trade union is leading efforts to keep community sounds alive.
The director’s craggy masculinity and individualism are not suited to a subject as subtle as Dave Brubeck.
Jazz is a small genre and the Cape Town Jazz Festival organisers have to realise that they cannot get bums on seats with music for purists only.
Despite finding global fame playing bass for Paul Simon and a host of other artists, local record labels ‘don’t know what to do’ with Bakithi Kuma.
The <em>Guardian</em> in London called her "the Queen of African Jazz" and composer Pinise Saul more than merits the title.
Two books take a fresh and wide-ranging look at the theme of music-making and politics.
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/ 18 November 2011
<b>Gwen Ansell</b> rounds up some of the latest science fiction and fantasy releases.
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/ 18 November 2011
It has much going for it, but Stephenson’s stereotypical treatment of Muslim terrorists lets his latest novel down.
Relive life in the 1950s through a musical journey that will leave you dancing and wanting more.
"Challenge" is a word Adam Glasser uses a lot when talking about jazz in South Africa.