Launched in 2019, the website focuses on aggregating and publishing music content primarily associated with South African and ...

While many African artists have been able to ride the wave of Afrobeats’ international popularity, musicians including Tyla and Burna Boy are now pushing for global recognition beyond the genre.

Something is happening with African music that defies the usual narrative of a “fleeting moment.” This isn’t a trend waiting to be baptized by Western tastemakers or a genre receiving its obligatory ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

In 1997, South Africa’s most famous music star had a huge hit. Brenda Fassie’s Vulindlela became a national pop anthem, played especially at weddings and celebrations. Vulindlela can be loosely ...