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Lopsided music contracts are a discordant note

Lopsided music contracts are a discordant note

What if the music you love was built on exploitation resembling slave labour?  The poignant tale of Solomon Linda, author of the iconic song Mbube, is a reminder of the music industry’s exploitative underbelly.  The song was sold to Gallo Records for a paltry 10 shillings in the 1950s — less than R1 today. It […]