A rainy and sometimes damn near freezing couple of days in Mpumalanga turned out to be one of the best things I’ve done all year. Between side quests with friends, and something that genuinely felt ...

While most associate the sound Lofi with the viral phenomenon that is Lofi Girl’s 24/7 Youtube stream of “beats to relax/study to,” the genre is a far more complex and fascinating subculture. Using ...

When a video of Björk playing a Mapanta song during a DJ set in Venice went viral, I remembered a conversation I’d had with BLK JKS drummer Tshepang Ramoba about the dance music genre endemic to ...

My set work for Afrikaans poetry in grade eleven included “Lisa se Klavier”. It was my first interaction with anything Koos Kombuis had written, and I would quickly come to learn that the impact he ...

After making the most heartfelt music for more than a decade, Majozi is taking a moment to pause, reflect, and connect on a deeper level with the people who’ve been there every step of the way – you!

After more than two decades shaping South African alternative music, Hunter Kennedy is stepping into some new shoes. Best known for his work as Fokofpolisiekar guitarist and lyricist and as a founding ...

South African guitar heavyweights Nibs van der Spuy and Guy Buttery are reuniting to mark 25 years of musical collaboration with a series of intimate live shows across the country. After a two-year ...

This week feels slightly unhinged in the best possible way. These releases lean into emotional extremes, and there’s a strong sense of artists testing the edges of their sound without worrying too ...

Over the last decade, SA’s music scene has morphed into a melting pot of genres and personalities, and the alt-rock scene certainly stands out as a hub for creativity. Women are leading the charge, ...

Johnny Clegg’s extraordinary catalogue has been given new life with the release of Scatterlings: Johnny Clegg Reimagined, a collaborative album that sees some of South Africa’s most celebrated ...

Try to imagine what it’s like to be Felix Laband. I know it’s an impossible task, but you should still try. When in close proximity to him, I have never felt a greater distance between myself and ...

Cape Town has a venue problem. Live music spaces are disappearing left, right, and centre, leaving the city’s various music subcultures with fewer places to gather. So what’s the solution? Maybe it’s ...