From rare Ernest Cole prints to iconic portraits of Makeba and Masekela, this show captures the musicians and the energy of live music itself
The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year
Loping, infectious and cyclical, Matjale is Tabane’s stepping into the fray of a commodified and contested malombo sound.
Thabang Tabane’s music video twists apartheid footage to create new meanings, malombo style
One thing Philip Tabane left us remains definite: that it is possible to influence others as much as it is possible to learn from them.
Philip Tabane, aka Dr Malombo, was as important a philosopher as he was a musician
In between working on Friday copy, this is what the team reads, listens to and watches.
Dr Philip Nchipi Tabane, the inimitable guitarist, philosopher and conduit of malombo spirits passed away today at a Pretoria hospital
The event is being touted as a tribute to Philip Tabane but the organisers’ caginess and a Twitter exchange suggests all is not well