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Loving memory: Maria McCloy was someone who made
Johannesburg feel possible. Someone who gathered people across
class, art, music, fashion and politics and convinced them that
beauty, style and radical care belonged together.

Maria McCloy made Johannesburg feel possible

Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.

Upward trajectory: Nanette Sphesihle Nobethu Mbili Jolobe has come a long way from Durban where she was born and grew up listening to the R&B legends that would come to influence her later sound. Photo: Supplied

Nanette is going to keep showing up

With a deluxe edition of her latest album on the way and a milestone performance only days away, Nanette is ready to step into the next stage of her ascendancy

Night fever: Mr Shakes (above) headlined at the Godfather, a club in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, in the Eighties. (Facebook)

Say goodbye to 80s disco in PE? Never!

Fifty years ago, disco started having an impact. Its influence was felt even in apartheid South Africa

Princess of Africa: Yvonne Chaka Chakawill be among the performers at the DStv Delicious Festival this weekend. Photo: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP

Yvonne Chaka Chaka to honour Miriam Makeba at DStv Delicious Festival

The singer will pay homage to legendary artists such as ‘Mama Africa’ and Brenda Fassie

The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues. (Frederik Lerneryd)

Korner Talk: Of xenophobia and the RSA DNA

The X-word gets trotted out like a beauty pageant contestant to dismiss legitimate border control issues

The song breaks away from his normal style and rolls back the years. Photo: Supplied

K.O strikes again with new single Y.O.U

The song breaks away from his normal style and rolls back the years

The Rockey road to freedom: An oasis in the madness

Yeoville in 1994 was the radical, hedonistic heart of South African creativity. Thirty years later, Carlos Amato asked some of its denizens what the dream meant – and where it went

The Ampersand Mixtape 2 – Weekend Special. Listen on the M&G

Ampersand Mixtape 2: Weekend Special

Where does Workers’ Day come from? Why do we have weekends? What should we listen to on weekends? And why is Brenda Fassie’s first hit song essential for your weekend?

Mbuzeni Zulu poses for photos after an event to
honour him in June. (Oupa Nkosi)

Mbuzeni Zulu: Photographer who shot the stars gets his place in the sun

Lensman Mbuzeni Zulu’s subjects ranged from black popular culture to bloody unrest

Take note: Francois van Coke, who holds the record for most wins in the Best Rock Album category, with Fokof-polisiekar.  (Charl Pretorius/Gallo Images)

And the winner is the Samas: 27 years of SA music

Dive into the South African Music Awards’ history to see how far SA music has come and where it might be headed to

Hugh Masekela gets real about knowing your roots

The A to Z of South African music books

Books by or about local musicians, the music business and the music scene

Kuli Roberts pictured taking a selfie with Mayihlome Tshwete. (Gallo Images)

Kuli Roberts: Naked at the feast

The untimely passing of Kuli Roberts, gossip columnist du jour of post-apartheid’s Gilded Age, shocked the nation. Bongani Madondo, who first encountered her earlier in her…

Although she aced the task, Mpho Sebina confesses to being nervous to remaking the work of an artist as huge as Brenda Fassie. (Photos: Courtesy of Gallo)
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Dusting off musical gems through the art of the remix

Gallo retraces its steps for new gold in its legacy project series Gallo Remixed

Detonation: Koleka Putuma’s words breathe easily as the poet delivers them on stage, dressed in a white spacesuit and matching sunglasses. (Manyano Media)

Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In shapeshifts into another dimension

Koleka Putuma’s triumphant adaptation allows audience to see stagecraft influence poetry

Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse. Photo: Lindo Mbhele

Hotstix’s  hug a celebration of survival

The Jazz Expressions concert in level one lockdown was a reaquaintance with friends, music and jazz photography