Creators and consumers of music seek African online music platforms even as global entities and record labels hesitate to fully commit on the continent. Africa is...
The South African musician on how he finds culture and creative inspiration in the West African country.
What does the latest Grammy award mean to you? It means so much. The American music industry is the biggest and most important in the world....
After conquering Zimbabwe’s music scene and achieving nearly all his goals at home, contemporary musician, Jah Prayzah (real name Mukudzei Mukombe) has set his sights on...
Before regularly scoring six-figure nightly fees spinning thumpy electronic tunes, Zedd got his start playing classical music at age 4. He learned how to plan performances...
It’s a midweek afternoon and I meet up with an old friend in Dobsonville, Soweto. We used to go to hip-hop shows together. Now Trevor ‘Paranoia’...
In Tanzania, music is played everywhere: on crowded, colorful streets, in dala dalas (minibus taxis), and in roadside bars, which serve grilled corn and roasted pistachios....
It’s a Monday afternoon, a band of nobodies are sweating it out for practically nobody in a small room in South Africa’s Limpopo province. This is...
As a young, flamboyant man who toured the world and sold thousands of records all Papa Penny Penny could think about was fame. Twenty three years...
Wanting a good sound system, and looking to impress girls, Tshepo Sedumo designed his own boombox. It is music to his ears, and money in his...