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Myesha Jenkins: A sister who always said it with feeling

Friday Gwen Ansell - 10 Sep 2020

Poet and activist Myesha Jenkins (1948-2020) took her craft, including her teaching, extremely seriously

The Portfolio: Naftali

Friday Naftali - 28 Jul 2020

Naftali has just released his debut single, ‘Kea Shwa’. He tells us a bit about his music-making journey.

Review: Thandi Ntuli’s double consciousness on ‘Live at Jazzwerkstatt’

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 15 Jul 2020

Thandi Ntuli’s new album, ‘Live at Jazzwerkstatt’, is a radiant turn, with dark a darker meta-narrative

A place called home: Jazz and the new normal at the National Arts Festival

Friday Gwen Ansell - 8 Jul 2020

Several jazz offerings at the virtual festival focus on journeys and identity

Billy Monama: stringing together South African guitar history

Article Gwen Ansell - 6 May 2020

The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year

Celebrating International Jazz Day at home

Article Arts Desk - 30 Apr 2020

Here's a look back at how the annual International Jazz Day, now in its 9th year, has been celebrated across the world.

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Spirituality at the core of sax great’s sound

Article Oyama Mabandla - 30 Apr 2020

Oyama Mabandla explores the idea that artistic success has spiritual bliss at its centre.

Old artistic forms find new mediums in uncertain times

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 2 Apr 2020

Music, art and theatre are moving online as cultural workers adjust to lockdown

Shabaka and The Ancestors heed history’s call

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 31 Mar 2020

“We need to start articulating our utopias, articulating what needs to be burned and what needs to be saved.” — Shabaka Hutchings

Vuma Levin initiates his cycle

Article Gwen Ansell - 3 Feb 2020

The guitarist is growing into his groove, with a new concept album launching soon

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Nduduzo Makhathini returns to the underworlds

Article Tseliso Monaheng - 6 Dec 2019

The acclaimed pianist and composer shared his journey with us on completing his debut Blue Note album

A life of poetic activism

Article Zaza Hlalethwa & Kwanele Sosibo - 14 Nov 2019

Sandile Dikeni was a writer who continuously confronted what it means to be South African

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Thandiswa takes a walk in Bra Hugh’s shoes

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 7 Nov 2019

Thandiswa Mazwai speaks about her memories of playing with the trumpeter and what fans can expect from her collaboration with his band

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Mabuta prepare another kind of jazz for a global stage

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 24 Oct 2019

The title of Mabuta’s debut album, Welcome to This World, has always seemed like a clear invitation to enter a dream state. (Isabel Janssen)

Ndabo Zulu hails the queen

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 18 Oct 2019

While trumpeter Ndabo Zulu was studying at the Norwegian Academy of Music (from 2017 to 2019) and building on the idea that...

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