The new album of the iconic South African guitarist has just been released on the French label Komos. It’s a tribute to his spiritual ancestors that he told our correspondent Tseliso Monaheng about. Meeting in Pretoria […]

Joseph Shabalala, leader of the world-renowned, multiple Grammy Award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has transitioned. Though there is yet to be an official confirmation of the cause of death from his family, the elder had […]

DJ Mighty and Bone Black speak to their experiences in music, identity, and collaboration with Shap Shap Joburg’s What’s Up program. Swiss-based deejays Mighty and Bone Black were in Joburg recently for a series of […]

A rundown of the most notable South African hip hop releases from 2019. South African hip hop went through a dip in 2018, creatively speaking. While there were a fair amount of releases — Nasty […]

Lesotho-born South Africa-based writer Tseliso Monaheng selected an overview of some hip joints that saw us through 2019. Photo: Abdullah Ibrahim by Gabriel Bertogg The new breed of the South African jazz landscape was swingin’ loud […]

“Laliboi has always been there. He was just silent. He was more of a school then, [and] is still a scholar [today].” — Siphosenkosi Nkondlwane (alias Laliboi) The music of Laliboi is a sonic tapestry of […]