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‘Black Elijah’ initially represents a feminine destructive energy that then turns to become nurturing. Photos: Tseliso Monaheng & Ndumiso Sibanda

Thandi Ntuli explores the sense of exile in her latest work

A perspective on the nuance of creation by pianist, composer and singer Thandi Ntuli, who through her lineage traversed from exile to integration to produce this work

In his element: Amapiano producer Mthuthuzeli Gift Khoza, better known as De Mthuda, in his natural habitat – manning the decks at Universal Music’s headquarters in Rosebank. (Photo: Sabelo Mkhabela)

Meet De Mthuda, the landlord of amapiano

Amapiano super producer De Mthuda is shaping the soundtrack of summer, but prefers to speak through his music, not to journalists, except in this case …

Bheki Mseleku: An activist on his own terms

Steve Dyer reflects on jazz musician Bheki Mseleku’s contribution to the canon

Bheki Mseleku: Living inside the sound world

‘Beyond the Stars’ forces us to think about Mseleku’s solo piano practice as an approach to inhabiting sound

A music teacher and one-time bandmate of Bheki Mseleku’s, Neil Gonsalves remembers the experience as akin to being a student in a professional band. ( Doug Mostert)

Bheki Mseleku: ‘He could play anything in any key’

Neil Gonsalves was formally taught, unlike his colleague Bheki Mseleku, but he was in awe of the genius the of multi-instrumentalist

‘Mr Bruce’ remembered: An indelible first impression led to a lifelong friendship

Bheki Mseleku, or ‘Mr Bruce’ as he was known, roamed the globe but was at home in mantra mode

The Portfolio: The piano offers Nomfundo Xaluva place to dream and become

Although it is in many ways a prohibitive instrument, particularly in terms of access, the piano offers both simplicity and richness to this songwriter

Wayne Shorter had an emotionally taxing life, which inevitably coloured his tone on the saxophone

Spirituality at the core of sax great’s sound

Oyama Mabandla explores the idea that artistic success has spiritual bliss at its centre.