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Blended sound: Apiwe Bubu and Andile Yenana’s performance is a dialogue between mastery and emergence. Photo: Supplied
ANDILE YENANA

Gig Guide: Apiwe Bubu joins his mentor Andile Yenana live at Afrikan Freedom Station, K.O Marks 20 Years with 20 Summers and Viwo Kulati tours Gauteng

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  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Take note: Photographer Vuyo Giba specialises in capturing jazz musicians in black and white. Photo: Supplied
ANDILE YENANA

Through the jazz lens: Vuyo Giba captures the spirit of South African sound

With her lens tuned to the heartbeat of South African jazz, Vuyo Giba transforms music into memory and sound into story

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
6 min read
Have a blast: A saxophonist performs at a previous edition of Heritage Day celebrations. Photo: Supplied
ALBIE SACHS

Diary: Heritage Day at Zeitz MOCAA, Friends of Feya Faku in Durban, Poetry at Market Theatre

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  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read
Jazzed up: Andile Yenana will perform at the Umtiza Arts Festival’s concert to celebrate South Africa’s jazz heritage.
ANDILE YENANA

Diary: Celebrating International Jazz Day and The History of House at the Lyric Theatre

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  • Lesego Chepape
  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read
Blowing up a storm: Sydney Mavundla released his second album, titled Dirge for Our Fathers, last year.
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Sydney Mavundla: When every day is Sunday

Jazz musician Sydney Mavundla reflects on the legacy and evolution of the genre and respecting tradition while embracing the future

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
For good: Musicians will come together for a fundraiser for Suthukazi Arosi and Sivuyile Jengu.
ANDILE YENANA

Diary: My body My Space, Grieve, That’s How You Survive in Johannesburg and Cape Town,  Andile Yenana fundraiser

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  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Support group: Michelle Rosewall and Rondean Hughes will perform at the Flatfoot Access Festival.
ANDILE YENANA

Diary: A feast of dance, musical blessings from the avant-garde, WGRUV Dance Company opens in Gauteng

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  • Charles Leonard
2 min read
Compilation: Some of the artists on ZiiBeats Vol 2.
AMAPIANO

Diary: Baz-Art celebrates women muralists, bringing jazz to Durban, ZiiBeats vol. 2 drops

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  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Eastern Cape bassist, composer and teacher Mlungisi Gegana has taken a decade to put out his third album My Time, My Space. Photo: Eddie Adams
ANDILE YENANA

Mlungisi Gegana: A page-turner of a career

The bassist and composer reflects on 40 years in music and his newly released album

  • Gwen Ansell
6 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Wenzeni uCyril?

The head of state is in for a heated weekend — De Ruyter permitting — when the ANC holds it national policy conference

  • Paddy Harper
4 min read
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)
AFRICAN TIME

Bra Herbie’s instinctive time travels

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

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
Smooth: Rooted in the Cape Town sound, Ramon Alexander celebrates it’s genealogy. (Supplied)
ANDILE YENANA

Ramon’s music is reliable and relatable

Rooted in the Cape Town sound, Ramon Alexander celebrates it’s genealogy

  • Percy Mabandu
2 min read