CHANGE MAKER Cultural curator Nandi Dlepu is reimagining Joburg’s creative landscape 4 min 0 By Bridget Hilton-Barber
SIDE-NOTES Award-winning SA musicians continue carving unique artistic identities at National Arts Festival 5 min 0 By S’bo Gyre
FESTIVAL OF DELIGHTS Showstoppers — SA culture takes the stage as musical gods descend on Makhanda 3 min 0 By S’bo Gyre
BOOK EXCERPT Exploring identity: Sihle Ntuli's poetry navigates themes of belonging and home 2 min 0 By Sihle Ntuli
THE CONVERSATION SA photojournalist Rashid Lombard wielded his camera and jazz as instruments of resistance and celebration 4 min 0 By Siona O’Connell
ALBUM REVIEW A whole world comes alive in Ivan Mazuze’s take on music from Africa 4 min 0 By S’bo Gyre
IN REMEMBRANCE Independent black music production and marketing pioneer Rashid Vally takes his final bow 5 min 0 By David B. Coplan
AMERICAN TITAN US music supremo Quincy Jones, who worked with Sinatra and Jackson, dies at 91 4 min 1 By Reuters
BOOK REVIEW: PLAYING THE CHANGES KZN’s apartheid-resisting jazz pioneers riff on resistance and freedom’s form 5 min 2 By Mick Raubenheimer
RAP ROYALTY Bard of the streets Kendrick Lamar hits South Africa for one concert 4 min 0 By Mick Raubenheimer
A LIFE REMEMBERED OP-ED Paying tribute to Winston ‘Mankunku’ Ngozi, the great sax musical man from Gugulethu 5 min 2 By Thuli Ngozi Alistair Ruiters
ESCAPE Take an inspiriting journey to jazz in the Karoo town of Prince Albert 5 min 0 By Unknown Author
FOR HITMAKER BUFFS Test your knowledge of South African music that rocked the world with the DM168 online quiz 1 min 0 By Daily Maverick
THE CONVERSATION Gloria Bosman was more than a South African jazz vocalist, she was a guiding light 3 min 0 By Gwen Ansell
THE CONVERSATION Dissecting Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, 50 years after we first heard its infectious grooves 1 min 0 By Leigh Carriage
TRIBUTE Jazz legend Blackie Tempi – wife and friends remember a ‘heart of gold’ shaped by the ‘vibrancy of the townships’ 5 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan and Velani Ludidi
THE CONVERSATION South African reedman Linda Sikhakhane’s new album is a revelation 2 min 0 By Gwen Ansell
THE CONVERSATION Spirit of Ntu: South African piano maestro Nduduzo Makhathini on his 10th album 3 min 0 By Phuti Sepuru
Music Magnus Opus: Yakhal’ Inkomo by South African jazz legend Winston Mankunku Ngozi 2 min 0 By Zach Lees
MATTERS OF OBSESSION Saul Madiope: ‘Making music is about connecting with my ancestors’ 3 min 0 By Karabo Mafolo