Two books help us handle our finances more efficiently and cope with related problems
Abdullah Ibrahim speaks about his life and his two concerts here next month
M&G Friday brings you the pick of this week
Jazz out of the box and plenty more on her new album, which is sung by a trio
The third album from South African-Swiss jazz band Skyjack delights and surprises
Local musician follows in the footsteps of the jazz greats with his cool sounds and dress
South African jazz musician Thandi Ntuli draws on her roots in
a deep new offering
It was in the 1970s and the decades that followed that the influence of South Africans on the London scene consolidated to create a shared musical language
The American jazz muso with the SA name is putting on a concert in Johannesburg
The rerelease of the 1975 album by the jazz guitarist calls attention to this talented musician
In the past, South African jazz marketed overseas was often sold on stereotypes, but there’s been an important and positive shift
In this episode Charles Leonard speaks to a city musician who’s just released an album through one of the most respected international record labels, explores how this brash mining town’s history can be heard in Jo’burg jazz, and finds out what makes someone open a new record store in the city
Swiss musician Banz Oester will be visiting South Africa with his quartet The Rainmakers to promote their new album
The Grammy-award winning jazz musician is to hold six shows in two cities
Enhance the festive feeling by choosing from this carefully curated vinyl collection, courtesy of Tseliso Monaheng
Legendary jazz pianist’s New York City concerts show he is unstoppable
A perspective on the nuance of creation by pianist, composer and singer Thandi Ntuli, who through her lineage traversed from exile to integration to produce this work
Sound that has taken the world by storm is in danger of dying out in
a lacklustre industry
The evolution of technology has changed how music is produced, removing the need to have a contract with a record label to do it. With more musicians choosing to be independent, are big recording companies becoming obsolete?
She may have left South Africa more than 20 years ago, but this jazz singer is still firmly rooted in her heritage
After a two-year break, jazz aficionados are gathering in Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a three-day musical feast
Mabuta’s second album is a colourful sonic experience, inspired by
the sounds of Africa.
Journalist and author Sam Mathe’s ‘From Kippie to Kippies And Beyond’ profiles four generations of South African musicians, most of whom had been languishing in obscurity
Books by or about local musicians, the music business and the music scene
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.
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
A nighttime haunt in the backstreets of Orlando run by a well-known bootlegger should have been a prime zone for nefarious underworld activities. Instead, it nurtured an underground of a different kind
The history of clubbing in Jo’burg is less about physical space and fading memories, but about the sheer, frightful necessity of dancing
In 1998, Sibongile Khumalo and other musicians recorded an odyssey through SA’s musical landscape. Decades later, it helped Thandi Ntuli find her way to self
The cultural shifts in post-war Germany led to truly distinct forms of pop music, particularly in Berlin
A drummer’s contribution to one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands
Watching several of Coltrane’s harmonic and melodic experiments at the cusp of the 1960s, Amiri Baraka emerges frightened, yet energised