An interview with Chimurenga founder Ntone Edjabe about his latest project
“To build my ability to convey, I kept on living this life [of being a vessel] and trying to submit to it so that the messages would become clearer and I could get a deeper understanding of what they were.”
The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year
Dani Kyengo O’Neill has just released her first solo single. It’s a mantra. An anthem. A daily devotion. A queer prayer. Listen to it
A snapshot of musical moments (and mishaps) as they intersected with Zimbabwe throughout the decades.
The iconic concert to celebrate independence in Zimbabwe would prove to contain a warning
This almost forgotten song, written at a time when many African countries had gained their independence, can provide hope during our era of persistent xenophobia
Dumama + Kechou’s atmospheric debut album is rooted in both the past and the future
With a career spanning over four decades, the Mail & Guardian recalls how the late Bill Withers’ music infiltrated our collective psyche.
“We need to start articulating our utopias, articulating what needs to be burned and what needs to be saved.” — Shabaka Hutchings
With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.
In the face of dwindling writing about South African jazz, bassist and composer Carlo Mombelli’s new offering is a repository for future historians.
‘I realised it was actually a nice way of saying: ‘You were playing that way too loud.”
‘The love was what I needed’
The demand for music streaming services is growing as digital sales outstrip physical ones
‘He had beauty in him and perhaps more than just a little darkness’
In between working on Friday copy, this is what the team reads, listens to and watches.
From the sand to the ice, Africa’s first woman skeleton racer gears up for the Winter Olympics
M&G Friday caught up with jazz performer Langa Mavuso, who is putting old ideas of masculinity to sleep and breaking rules of music distribution.
"It’s special for someone like me to come from the Eastern Cape and make it in the big city"
‘UMdlwembe’ brought vengeance to the genre and forever changed kwaito with its hip-hop influences.
Playing the music that he loved made Johannes Musekwa’s sales career a hit.
With talented friends around him, the electronic music producer is recrafting instrumental rap with his latest album.
Weheartbeat prides itself on its intimate performances. This year the collective is set to expand
Poet and singer Thandiswa Mazwai talks about intensity, integrity and sitting at the feet of your master
Leonard Cohen’s songs evoked the mystical incantations of Bongani Madondo’s youth, but also voodooed music and poetry into a profound creative ritual.
A new documentary revisits the Radio Rats, who helped revolutionise SA rock.
The lists this week were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo.
After years of hiding and seeking, the former BLK JKS frontman has again reappeared armed with a fresh approach to his work.
The Lists were compiled by Friday contributors Natalie Dixon, who wrote on decolonising design and Percy Mabandu on Henri Matisse in this week’s paper
A pioneer of electronic music, Jean-Michel Jarre has roused crowds, yet at the root of the genre lies a political dimension, he says.
Original Swimming Party are driving a message home that is rooted in current issues