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There is a line in one of Vusi Mahlasela’s most beloved songs, When You Come Back, about climbing mountains and reaching for the top of Africa’s days, that’s a mixture of poetry and prophecy. Because that is exactly what he has spent his life doing. From Mamelodi township, where he taught himself to play guitar…
After running around all morning, I am finally settled by my laptop, going through the questions I prepared the night before. I do not get through the first five when Google Meet asks me to admit my guest. Zee Nxumalo’s manager asks that we cap the meeting at 20 minutes. I don’t hesitate — she…
I remember the first time I heard of Nobantu Vilakazi, it was in a Musa Keys’ song, Vula Mlomo, in 2021. Every taxi, tavern, club and bottle store played it as though it were stitched into the national soundtrack of that year. The bass travelled through minibus speakers with a slight crackle, it poured into…
The race for the Metro FM Music Awards 2026 has begun, with Jazzwrld and Thukuthela emerging as the clear early frontrunners. Announced at a star-studded nominees party at The Forum in Hyde Park, Johannesburg, this year’s nominations reflect a music landscape firmly in the grip of amapiano’s continued evolution, while making space for gospel, jazz,…
If, like myself, you have long reached unc status, you might remember that the visuals for Zakes Bantwini’s Wasting My Time | Clap Your Hands (2013) were utterly goated back then. Sonically, vernacular rhythms, buoyant synths, and percussive claps lock into a mantra that nods to African call-and-response while translating straight into global groove culture. …