From the unkempt townships to the swanky Durban clubs, the music preference in South Africa is the same
Finally, Afro house music has unearthed a soloist with a big heart, big soulful vocals and, more significantly, a ‘Big Love’ debut album out to prove it.
Ever since his unexpected musical (friendly) divorce to Kentphonik, the mega-mix prince, DJ Kent, continued to mastermind the South African house music scene.
More than 10,000 people came to Durban to witness the popular DJ Black Coffee and a 24-piece orchestra as they set the Moses Mabhida Stadium alight on Friday night.
Songs That South Africa Voted For
One of the remarkable changes that democracy brought to South African musical residents was the freedom to sing freely, dance freely and equally reward its musicians publicly.
Win Big When You Vote in the upcoming 2010 Channel O Music Video Award
Need wheels desperately? Love African music in all its brilliant variety? Then here’s an easy way to combine both of these in one cool way!
Incomplete - Malaika and Mafikizolo Survived
The disadvantage of singing as a group is that when one member dies it leaves a void that could, possibly, lead to a discontinuity of the group.
A Chat with Dj Cleo
In my past life as a DJ, I used to jam with DJ Cleo at Heineken House Parties across Gauteng. In those days, Cleo was just starting to become a household name.
Africa’s most gifted set to take flight with 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards
Africa’s most gifted musicians are set to take flight with the just-announced nominations for the 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards.
Bala Brothers to Tour UK
The South African Bala Brothers will be touring the UK and are set to perform at the Edinburgh Festival as special guests of the multi-award-winning Soweto Gospel Choir.
New O-Access presenter Named!
A Kwa-Thema-raised National School of the Arts graduate beat out five other contestants in the final stages of the O-Access presenter search to take the most highly coveted job in entertainment on the African continent.
Doctor Khumalo kicks his favourite songs into the public sphere!
Doctor Khumalo is the next guest on Mzansi Magic’s popular Top Ten At 10: My Life in Music…
Fong Kong hits a chord
Although childhood friends Senyaka and Kamazu were already creating hits by the mid-Eighties, their official full-length collaboration would come much later…
