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
When news of the passing of pre-eminent cultural critic Greg Tate reverberated around the globe, poet, choreographer and essayist Harmony Holiday composed an ode to his legacy
The focus of a new book on Lewis Nkosi is his plays rather than his tsotsi-like critiques
Whether you call his music township jive, jazz or bubblegum, Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse has provided the soundtrack for generations, writes Kwanele Sosibo.