Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has said their release from prison was not a humanitarian gesture, but a propaganda stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Our resident critics ?stack up their top five picks in music against the ?commercial choices.
Has the role of music journalist been relegated ?to being simply a punter of product?
A guitarist fleeing from a civil war is determined to keep playing, despite restrictions in his country.
How a kid from central England who had never heard of Nelson Mandela ended up writing a global hit that became the anti-apartheid anthem.
William Kentridge discusses his love of music, his fusion of art and opera, and the ?spin-offs from that.
Durban-born artist Okmalumkoolkat is as obsessed with pushing the city’s dance styles as he is in bringing its gqom life to the world.
Nigerian rapper Ice Prince is up for the Channel O Africa Music Video Award – Most Gifted African West title. Here’s a peek into what he is about.
Zakes Bantwini’s latest album has taken SA by storm. He talks about his stardom and why this record could be his best music offering yet.
Tumi Mogorosi’s visionary debut album celebrates the centrality of percussion in African spirituality.
As news of Khuli Chana being shot at by police trends on social media, Twitter is not short of jokes. Let’s take a look at some of the reactions.
After two black Barneys shoppers were accused of credit card fraud, the rapper’s fans are petitioning for him to cut ties with the New York store.
Aretha Franklin says "the side effects were rough" from her treatment for a condition she has still not revealed.
A decade later, Skin of Skunk Anansie is still something of an anomaly as a black female lead singer of a successful punk band.
Since splitting with his band, the poet and rapper has been exploring new avenues on the continent.
Spoek Mathambo’s new video has taken a bit of a detour from his usual brand of "dark and edgy", as director Fausto Becatti terms it.
After earning his stripes on the Berlin techno scene, Ernestus has turned his attention to the music of the Africa, with spectacular results.
Every rock fan in South Africa will be anticipating alternative metal band Chevelle hitting concert venues in Cape Town and Jo’burg this weekend.
The French duo’s album has leaked on social media before the release date next Monday, giving fans the best platform to react – Twitter.
Sama nominee Sizwe ‘Reason’ Moeketsi’s star is on the rise. We speak to him to find out why.
SA’s hip-hop and kwaito stars, including a hologram of the late Brenda Fassie, celebrated the country’s musical history at the Hansa Festival of Legends.
Twitter will launch a music-specific app, following its acquisition of music discovery service We Are Hunted last year, according to a CNet report.
Durban/Johannesburg hip-hop group BIG FKN GUN’s debut album Pop Models went through many guises before emerging as a fully-fledged 14-track album.
As malls straddling religious divides turn it down, shoppers don’t miss the agony that is Boney M, writes Thalia Holmes.
We asked some of South Africa’s hottest musicians about what made it onto their playlists in 2012.
Spoek Mathambo talks to the M&G about his latest release, his position in the SA music industry and an upcoming collaboration with Gorillaz.
The 2012 edition of the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes has begun, Lloyd Gedye hits the ground running to find out who will be hot in 2013.
Channel O Music Awards nominee DJ Zinhle is often described as SA’s top female DJ. In between making music, Zinhle runs a training school for female DJs.
The International Exhibition of Black Music reveals the iniquitous nature of halls of fame, writes Percy Zvomuya.
Despite their self-effacing name, the Kenyan outfit Just a Band are proving they are far more than that.
It is not the first dance craze to ripple through West Africa, but the azonto style even has the Ghana soccer stars showing off their moves.
An international opera sensation says her choir master influenced her career choice.