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Don’t stop the music: How Covid has changed the game for festivals

CULTURE

Don’t stop the music: How Covid has changed the game for festivals

By Lusanda Luthuli and Karel van der Vyver

Behind the Music: From Struggle songs to opera

PODCAST REVIEW

Behind the Music: From Struggle songs to opera

By Neroli Price

Behind the cover – Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

MATTERS OF OBSESSION

Behind the cover – Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

By Lusanda Luthuli

Radiohead's Kid A has grown up well

MATTERS OF OBSESSION

Radiohead's Kid A has grown up well

By Craig Ray

Conversations with Annie Lennox

MAVERICK LIFE STRAIGHT TALK

Conversations with Annie Lennox

By Emilie Gambade

Moved by the spirit: Sun Xa Experiment tap into ancestral energy to produce unique and healing songs

MAVERICK LIFE: MUSIC

Moved by the spirit: Sun Xa Experiment tap into ancestral energy to produce unique and healing songs

By Yanga Sibembe

Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix: What might have been

Maverick Life: Music

Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix: What might have been

By Yunus Momoniat

Welcome to the LaLa

MUSIC

Welcome to the LaLa

By Jeff Kelly Lowenstein

South African singer Nakhane redefines ideas of masculinity

THE CONVERSATION

South African singer Nakhane redefines ideas of masculinity

By Gibson Ncube

Louder! From maskandi to gqom, Durban’s ever-growing sonic pulse

MATTERS OF OBSESSION

Louder! From maskandi to gqom, Durban’s ever-growing sonic pulse

By Lusanda Luthuli

On ‘corona’, dissonance and politics: It’s all in the pipe organ

MAVERICK LIFE OP-ED

On ‘corona’, dissonance and politics: It’s all in the pipe organ

By Theo van Wyk

The magnetic beat of amapiano

MUSIC

The magnetic beat of amapiano

By Jabulile Dlamini-Qwesha

Thandi Ntuli’s deep exploration of exile

NEW FRAME

Thandi Ntuli’s deep exploration of exile

By Gwen Ansell

You can’t stop the music

Maverick Life

You can’t stop the music

By Deborah Rudman

Podcasts and music: A match made in audio heaven

Podcast Review

Podcasts and music: A match made in audio heaven

By Neroli Price

The Lockdown Chrysalis: Forging a new cuisine, fashioning a new culture

GASTROTURF

The Lockdown Chrysalis: Forging a new cuisine, fashioning a new culture

By Tony Jackman

A break from lockdown: Daily Maverick playlist

MAVERICK LIFE

A break from lockdown: Daily Maverick playlist

By Emilie Gambade

Unleash your inner classical music aficionado – an excerpt from Rodney Trudgeon’s ‘Concert Notes’

MAVERICK LIFE: BOOKS

Unleash your inner classical music aficionado – an excerpt from Rodney Trudgeon’s ‘Concert Notes’

By The Reading List

Political Songs: Listening Wind – Talking Heads

New Frame: Music

Political Songs: Listening Wind – Talking Heads

By Charles Leonard

Spotify launches playlists for dogs left home alone

Newsdeck

Spotify launches playlists for dogs left home alone

By Reuters

This Weekend We're Watching: Innovative music videos (pump up the volume!)

Small Screen

This Weekend We're Watching: Innovative music videos (pump up the volume!)

By Tevya Turok Shapiro