The Time of the Writer festival isn’t all about reading. At ‘Notes on Music’, book chapters are represented through sound and musical composition.
From the annual conference’s mission to leaving a legacy behind, we chat to Mandla Maseko about Moshito at 12 years old.
It seems that different races listen to different music, but it is actually culture and value that determines this, not skin colour.
Presenting science in a more relaxed and informal environment than the usual academic setting.
Modern music listeners no longer care about owning songs, they want their library on the go and on demand.
Pretoria’s once vibrant multicultural nerve centre is a patchwork of ghosts and faded glory.
New initiative Littlegig is well-intentioned and puts on a good show, but remains a commodity that functions only to confirm middle-class privilege.
Kate Bush shows how women come into their own if men don’t mess with their creativity.
Nhlanhla Majozi quit his job at the bank to study music and now has a radio hit single just a year after launching his music career.
Dorothy Masuka has been singing for most of her 77 years – and these days her schedule is busier than ever.
Mail & Guardian science editor Sarah Wild shares some exciting discoveries from around the world.
Sibs Shongwe-La Mer’s work is about looking around. Instead of trying to normalise his life he endeavours to leave his life open to experiences.
Three major UK acts appear alongside TV chefs at the DStv festival, now in its second year, at Emmarentia Dam in Johannesburg.
The Bassline Africa Day concert features top South African acts performing alongside some of the continent’s most celebrated new talent.
"Pluto" is filling dance floors and the airwaves, pushing Cape Town band Beatenberg into the spotlight.
Musician Neil Young is on a serious mission to restore quality to digital music and bring back its "soul", writes Alistair Fairweather.
The Scottish singer-songwriter has released his first album in five years, titled "Caustic Love".
The old guard outshone new kids on the block as veteran star David Bowie used his Brit awards appearance to plead with Scotland not to leave the UK.
After mourning the death of the revolution, the ?collective has found new purpose, and a new myth.
Even the performer doesn’t know what will happen when a new form of music is presented on a Wits University theatre stage later this month.
Local rapper Capso talks about the social commentary in his music and what it was like collaborating with Wyclef Jean on the song, "Firestars".
If God is a DJ, according to Faithless and everyone wants to be a DJ, says Paul van Dyk; and if Paris Hilton thinks she’s a DJ – then God help us all.
A Springsteen show is part revivalist church service, part leftist political rally. But above all, it is a sweat-drenched rock ‘n roll spectacle.
The French DJ duo and New Zealand teen star walked off with album, record and song of the year at an awards ceremony in which 33 couples got married.
International acts rocked Vic Falls on New Year’s eve – just one of the latest festivals on the country’s calendar.
From a new Bridget Jones book, a wedge-style boot and hipster beards ad nauseum, we review last year’s biggest, bestselling, and most shared.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova has said their release from prison was not a humanitarian gesture, but a propaganda stunt ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Has the role of music journalist been relegated ?to being simply a punter of product?
Our resident critics ?stack up their top five picks in music against the ?commercial choices.
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.