Blk Jks
latest news & developmentsSam Turpin’s notes on grief
The legacy of photographer Gisèle Wulfsohn echoes through her son’s music as Sam Turpin confronts sorrow through art
‘Laundry’ finds resistance in the music
Zamo Mkhwanazi’s striking debut film blends family drama, apartheid oppression and blistering music into a defiant film that refuses to lower its volume
In black and white: Zander Blom tells of the colour in his work
The artist’s new Joburg exhibition has drips and smears – it can scare you – but it can also make you feel light
BLK RCK Festival celebrates the impact of black music on alternative culture
The BLK JKS present a two-day transcendental music experience during their Black Rock Safari tour
Malcolm Jiyane: A tale of two albums
The jazz musician’s album comes with a backstory as good as the music itself
‘Abantu: Before Humans’: The BLK JKS tread new turf
The second album from BLK JKS captures the band’s strengths, weaknesses and sonic vision
BLK JKS find life after robots
Their single blends Leraba’s famo vocals and nostalgic memories of the 2011 Hifa festival
The new accordion cowboys
Morena Leraba and Kommanda Obbs draw upon deep roots in creating the new Sesotho sound
Surfing the Gqom Wave to oblivion
Not just a genre, gqom is not being recognised in the industry as the cultural movement that it is
Linda Buthelezi and his new God Sons and Daughter outfit re-emerges revived
After years of hiding and seeking, the former BLK JKS frontman has again reappeared armed with a fresh approach to his work.
Sigh, the beloved Madondo
Mercurial jester? Tragic hero? Compulsive and relentless obfuscator? His latest book shows that Bongani Madondo is all of the above.
Prince: So long you sexy motherf*cker
Three South African musicians talk about the spell of the purple one.
There’s a Bowie in all of us
As tributes continue to pour in for rock legend David Bowie, South African artists take some time out to remember music’s ultimate chameleon.
‘Black President’, an ironic portrait of an art enigma
A BLK JK has swapped music for film with ‘Black President’, homing in on an artist whose work interrogates power on the African continent.
Blk Brothers get it together
For their next project, the Blk Jks have teamed up with performance art collective, the Brother Moves On, to present "Blk Brother".