Malombo Music
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Madala and Mabi: It’s a thing that spans half a century
Madala Kunene and Mabi Thobejane have been making music and maintaining a friendship for over fifty years.
Mamelodi’s spirit lives on in music
A concert attempts to capture the rich cultural and political heritage of the township
Reserved Thabang Tabane wants to keep his sound simple
Loping, infectious and cyclical, Matjale is Tabane’s stepping into the fray of a commodified and contested malombo sound.
Looping history for a brave new now
Thabang Tabane’s music video twists apartheid footage to create new meanings, malombo style
Dr Malombo fought to keep his music in a genre of its own
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.
The master of simplicity takes his final bow
Philip Tabane, aka Dr Malombo, was as important a philosopher as he was a musician
Dr Philip Tabane passes on, leaving malombo to the next generation
Dr Philip Nchipi Tabane, the inimitable guitarist, philosopher and conduit of malombo spirits passed away today at a Pretoria hospital