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Live Gallery: Karen Zoid in Sydney 17.03.2024

  • March 17, 2024
  • Deb Pelser
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Karen Zoid's debut show in Sydney is a riveting experience as she takes the audience on a nostalgic and heartfelt journey
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Premiere: Ashton Nyte shares ‘Something Beautiful’ and announces new solo album for August

  • May 31, 2023
  • Gareth O Malley
It’s always good to hear from prolific South African songwriter Ashton Nyte, who’s released an impressive 18 albums between his work as leader of The Awakening and his eponymous solo…
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PREMIERE: Nick Leng is at his most vulnerable in clip for ‘My Mind is a Mess in the Morning’; new album next month

  • June 10, 2022
  • Gareth O Malley
Six weeks out from the release of his new album, Nick Leng shares a glimpse of him at his lowest, with the title of ‘My Mind is a Mess in…
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Album Review: Almon Memela – Funky Africa : a South African soul-jazz classic revived.

  • May 7, 2022
  • John Parry
Call off the search! The chroniclers at We Are Busy Bodies continue their significant excavation of the rich seams of seventies South African jazz with the release of Almon Memela’s…
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Droppin’ Knowledge: 03CAS, Hip Hop’s Monet, Creates Painterly, Impressionistic Music That Defies Easy Categorization

  • June 30, 2021
  • MD Semel
When the musician and experimental hip hop iconoclast 03CAS emigrated from South Africa to the United Kingdom, he landed at London’s Heathrow Airport with little more than the clothes on…
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Track: Abdullah Ibrahim – Jabula

  • April 17, 2019
  • Jim F
Legendary South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has shared a track ‘Jabula’ from his forthcoming album ‘The Balance’, out via Gearbox Records on June 28th. At the grand old age…
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Album Review: Gumba Fire: Bubblegum Soul and Synth Boogie in 1980s South Africa

  • March 13, 2018
  • Benjii Jackson
There was a time where music from the Africa fell under the catch-all phrase of “world music”. Despite trendsetters such as Fela Kuti creating such lavish works which to this…
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See: Prism Tats releases new video for Dagger

  • January 10, 2018
  • Arun Kendall
Prism Tats is the moniker for South African native Garett van der Spek, now based in LA. Today, in anticipation of his album “Mambo”, due out on 2 March, Prism…
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News: New Ibiza club Hi Ibiza announces Black Coffee as first resident DJ

  • February 19, 2017
  • Jim F
If you’re heading out to the party Island this Summer, be sure to check out Hï Ibiza (Space), the brand new club by Ushuaïa Entertainment. Launching this summer, they’ve just…
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See: Nozinja releases video for Baby Do U Feel Me, plus Summer dates

  • July 7, 2015
  • Jim F
After releasing his new, and brilliant, album Nozinja’s Lodge on Warp Records last month, South Africa producer Nozinja himself is back with a new video for album cut ‘Baby Do…
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