Remembering our friend, the one and only Gerald Schreiner
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Results12Swing into spring in downtown Cape Town
Gangsters and their molls, bootleggers, poets and playwrights, flappers and assorted dandies … just another night at your favourite tavern in town, you might think, but
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New classics infused with ancient African tradition
A Nigerian Kora player, a South African composer, a Kenyan master of ceremonies and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille were among musicians, VIPs and invited guests
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Musical feast at Durban’s beachfront festival
Durbanites look set to get a lot more than “what is needed” this weekend, May 26-28, when a star-studded line-up from around the world plays on
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Afropunk is coming to Africa (Jozi strikes gold again)
Johannesburg will in December join New York, Atlanta, London and Paris as cities hosting global Afropunk events. The first batch of performers for the inaugural festival
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Simphiwe Dana: Queen of the night
It would have been very difficult to actually upstage Simphiwe Dana on the last night of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, but if anyone could it
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As irresistible as it sounds
Ladies of Midnight Blue starts out gently, playfully. Two women drumming. It is rhythmic and somehow hypnotic, you follow them down the path. The beat speeds
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Grahamstown: Curtain’s up!
A short-ish drive (130km) from Port Elizabeth airport to Grahamstown is just perfect to re-calibrate heart and mind, aka get one in the mood, for the
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Transforming the African musical landscape
In a stroke of creative mastery, a media company that is set to transform the music scene in Africa has helped a diverse group of African
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The bohemians of District Six
Another re-imagining of a classic opera? Hmm, I am not sure. “La Bohème with a South African twist”: Giacomo Puccini’s classic set in District Six …
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