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
‘I never looked at it like it was my work’: Justin Nomad says his mural at The Orbit ensured the musician never left the building, even when the music stopped
Steve Dyer reflects on jazz musician Bheki Mseleku’s contribution to the canon
‘Beyond the Stars’ forces us to think about Mseleku’s solo piano practice as an approach to inhabiting sound
Neil Gonsalves was formally taught, unlike his colleague Bheki Mseleku, but he was in awe of the genius the of multi-instrumentalist
Bheki Mseleku, or ‘Mr Bruce’ as he was known, roamed the globe but was at home in mantra mode
Fancy figuring how a torn-up shoe inspired Sechaba Morojele’s new film? Or sipping cocktails while listening to Tefo Mahola? Whatever your tastes, we’ve got you covered this long weekend
The collaborative album Indaba Is, facilitated by Siyabonga Mthembu and Thandi Ntuli, is greater than the sum of its parts
Well versed in many styles, the producer drew on vintage drum ’n bass to win an international remix competition
In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’
The trombonist’s music-making was inextricably tied up with South Africa’s struggle for freedom
‘Amandla’s’ status as a cultural rallying point during apartheid is captured in this Sounds review, republished in Chimurenga’s book ‘Festac 77’
Siphiwe Mhlambi spent several years photographing his friend Jonas Gwangwa as he performed. Mhlambi spoke to the Mail & Guardian about their relationship
Gwangwa’s love for the struggle was genuine and deep, never cosmetic – and he couldn’t have written an unattractive tune if he tried
Mpumie Moholo (1947-2021), who passed this week, was the engine driving the success of her husband, jazz drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo
A builder of networks and a tactical freedom fighter, Violet Molebatsi Gwangwa nurtured not only the liberation movement, but also the creative spirit within her family
Writer and visual artist Percy Mabandu talks about the energy of his portrait of Bra Winston Mankuku Ngozi, entitled ‘The Bull’