Philip Tabane
latest news & developments
Jazz in focus: Capturing a sound in image
From rare Ernest Cole prints to iconic portraits of Makeba and Masekela, this show captures the musicians and the energy of live music itself
Billy Monama: stringing together South African guitar history
The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year
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
On our Lists this week: Africa is a Country, Philip Tabane, and Sho Madjozi
In between working on Friday copy, this is what the team reads, listens to and watches.
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
Spat clouds malombo festival
The event is being touted as a tribute to Philip Tabane but the organisers’ caginess and a Twitter exchange suggests all is not well