The African lute, called the ngoni, xalam, or kora depending on the region and culture, has a rich history dating back ...

As the Diamond City Jazz Festival honours a generational talent exchange and brings together jazz greats and 'soon-to-be ...

Early bird ticket sales for the highly anticipated Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) officially open Tuesday.

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...

From its humble beginnings at the Good Hope Centre, where it welcomed just 6,000 attendees, to becoming Africa’s Grandest ...

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“Monk’s Dream” by Thelonious Monk. Explore iconic South African albums to understand the country’s rich jazz heritage: “Grazing in the Grass” by “Mannenberg” by Abdullah Ibrahim.

Gloria Bosman, the renowned South African jazz singer, composer, and songwriter, has died at the age of 50, leaving the music industry in grief. Her death was confirmed by the South African Music ...

Decolonization gets the ultimate needle-drop treatment in the documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” from Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez. It’s a dazzling, tune-filled collage of ...