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ShaneCooper & MABUTA- By AidanTobias

Open your eyes to Finish The Sun

Mabuta’s second album is a colourful sonic experience, inspired by the sounds of Africa.

A sprawling album: Herbie Tsoaeli’s At This Point In Time: Voices in Volumes has enough to keep a listener engaged for ages. (Photo: Lindokuhle Mbhele)

Bra Herbie’s instinctive time travels

Jazz is the winner as Herbie Tsoaeli updates his explorations of time in his new album

Face in the Hole, SA National Space Agency #1, Hermanus

Don’t Miss: Our selection of events and shows to indulge in over the Easter break

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…

Indaba Is joins the pantheon of Brownswood cross-continental compliations that have come to be time capsules, following on the heels of We Out Here (2018), Sunny Side Up (2019). (Artwork: Rendani Nemakhavhani)

Album review: ‘Indaba Is’, a rite of remembrance

The collaborative album Indaba Is, facilitated by Siyabonga Mthembu and Thandi Ntuli, is greater than the sum of its parts

Portia Zvavahera’s Maruva akaburitswa tiri mugomo (We received flowers) from her new exhibition, 2020. (Courtesy of Stevenson gallery)

Don’t Miss: A weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

From art exhibitions to live jazz, we’ve got your weekend programming sorted

The Texture of Silence, featuring Cara Stacey, Keenan Ahrends and Mzwandile Buthelezi, explores composition, improvisation and the grey area in between. (Supplied)

A place called home: Jazz and the new normal at the National Arts Festival

Several jazz offerings at the virtual festival focus on journeys and identity

(Isabel Janssen)
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Mabuta prepare another kind of jazz for a global stage

The title of Mabuta’s debut album, Welcome to This World, has always seemed like a clear invitation to enter a dream state. (Isabel Janssen)