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Brigding the gap: Khaya Mahlangu belongs to a long lineage of musicians who helped shape a distinctly South African Afro-fusion sound. Photo: Supplied
AFRO FUSION

The bassists who built Soweto’s distinct sound

The story of South African jazz-fusion is incomplete without the bassists whose innovations quietly carried the music forward

  • Angus Hardcastle
4 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
Lucky Michaels (right), businessman and owner of the iconic Club Pelican, pictured with some of the patrons. (Photo courtesy of Arena Holdings)
ABACOTHOZI

Pelican fantasy: How the iconic Soweto club influenced South African music

A nighttime haunt in the backstreets of Orlando run by a well-known bootlegger should have been a prime zone for nefarious underworld activities. Instead, it nurtured an…

  • Kwanele Sosibo
11 min read
Musical heritage: Thandi Ntuli (above) considers Sibongile Khumalo’s Live at the Market Theatre to be a true South African classic. (Photo: Nyiwa Katalayi)
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Why ‘Live at the Market Theatre’ is a monument

In 1998, Sibongile Khumalo and other musicians recorded an odyssey through SA’s musical landscape. Decades later, it helped Thandi Ntuli find her way to self

  • Thandi Ntuli
4 min read
Talented collective: Sibongile Khumalo with Uhadi band members (left to right) Justin Badenhorst, Paul Hanmer, Herbie Tsoaeli, McCoy Mrubata and Feya Faku outside the Market Theatre in 2014. (Photo: Tseliso Monaheng)
AT THIS POINT IN TIME VOICES IN VOLUME

The Portfolio: Herbie Tsoaeli remembers Sibongile Khumalo’s professionalism and wicked humour

The bassist says the versatile singer ‘knew her story’ in the music

  • Herbie Tsoaeli
3 min read