Latest
21 February 2025
Fiji Mageba is One of South Africa's Best-Kept Secrets
The South African artist talks to us about crafting warm, soulful sounds against the grain.
Site Navigation
jazz Stories
Latest
17 September 2024
Siphiwe Mhlambi’s Jazz Tales Come From the Dust
The acclaimed photographer discusses his troubled childhood and early beginnings as his month-long ‘Expressions’ exhibition celebrating South Africa’s jazz icons gets underway.
Latest
07 August 2024
NALEDI’s Quest for Community in a Faraway Land
On her debut EP, Batho, the New York-based South African jazz musician provides a glimpse into the many feelings she has experienced since her arrival in the U.S.
Latest
18 March 2024
Kujenga: South Africa’s New Generation of Jazz
South African bassist, composer and co-founder of the collective Kujenga, Zwide Ndwandwe, opens up about life on the road post-COVID, and their upcoming album In The Wake.
Music
12 July 2021
Interview: SKinniez’s Journey is ‘The Blacc Experience’
How the nomadic Capetonian beatmaker SKinniez's journey led him to his upcoming album 'The Blacc Experience', his first on wax.
News
11 June 2021
Keenan Meyer's Debut Track 'Komani' is Nostalgia Personified
South African pianist, Keenan Meyer, makes his professional music debut with 'Komani' featuring Tshepo Tsotetsi, ahead of the release of his debut 'The Alchemy of Living' album.
Music
24 March 2021
Interview: Ol’ Burger Beats & Vuyo’s ‘Dialogue.’ is a Jazz-Infused Conversation
'Dialogue.', the first full-length release by the Norweigan producer Ol' Burger Beats and Norweigan-South African rapper Vuyo, is characterised by jazz-infused beats and conversational, unhurried rhymes.
Music
02 March 2021
Interview: In The Beginning Was Manana
Manana on his debut album 'In The Beginning Was The End', a relatable love story narrated backwards.
Music
10 February 2021
Interview: Bokani Dyer Plays Across Genres Without Compromise in New Album ‘Kelenosi’
When the lockdown hit in 2020, South African jazz musician Bokani Dyer started making beats by himself and the result is an album made by borrowing from several genres without compromising any. "It's a beat album with piano," he says.
Music
29 January 2021
South African Jazz and Opera Singer Sibongile Khumalo Has Died
South Africans are paying tribute to beloved jazz and opera singer Sibongile Khumalo who recently passed away following an enduring battle with illness.
Music
25 January 2021
South Africa Mourns Passing of Jazz Legend Jonas Gwangwa
South Africans are paying tribute to Oscar-nominated Jonas Gwangwa following the jazz artist's passing this past weekend.
Music
18 January 2021
Listen to Sibusile Xaba‘s New Jazz Single 'Umdali'
Sibusile Xaba's single 'Umdali' featuring Naftali and Fakazile Nkosi comes ahead of Brownswood Recording's highly-anticipated contemporary jazz compilation album 'Indaba Is'.
More Stories