Mixtape

Ampersand Mixtape: The Sixto Special

Rodriguez was bigger than The Beatles in 1970s apartheid South Africa.

Charles Leonard

27 APR 2023

Ampersand Mixtape 2: Weekend Special

Where does Workers’ Day come from? Why do we have weekends? What should we listen to on weekends? And why is Brenda Fassie’s first hit song essential for your weekend?

Charles Leonard

2 min read

There are thousands of train songs across genres and the world. Charles Leonard picks some of his favourites on his first ever mixtape for the M&G.

AMPERSAND

30 MAR 2023

Ampersand Mixtape 1: “Tickets, please!”

The Ampersand Mixtape aims to bring back some of the original mixtape joy, albeit without the physical cassette and with an adapted format..

Charles Leonard

2 min read

Multi award-winning South African entertainer J’Something today announced his upcoming INDOOR Tour, launching in Cape Town mid-September, before moving on to Durban and Johannesburg in the later part of the year. Photo: Supplied

INDOORWITHJSOMETHING

20 SEP 2022

10 years in, there’s still Something about J

From Stimela’s ‘Zwakala’ to ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ by Bill Withers’, J Something’s new Indoor tour promises to be a nostalgic thrill.

Shingai Darangwa

8 min read