1987 Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath makes its last South African appearance at Greenmarket Square in Cape Town. Following their performance at the North Sea Jazz festival the same year, the ...

March is Women’s History Month by presidential proclamation. The month is set aside to honor women’s contributions in American history.

It’s always fascinating to hear how musicians from other countries have taken “America’s music” — Jazz — and adapted it to suit their ethnic and cultural heritage. This is especially true when one ...

Accra — The Bassline is a small live jazz venue in Melville, Johannesburg in South Africa. It is often jam- packed on weekends with fans who want to hear the hot stars of South African jazz. On such ...

The history of jazz in South Africa is inextricably linked to the legacy of the struggle against apartheid. The first wave of jazz musicians who gained renown outside of the nation were forced into ...

Every artist on the line-up has been chosen for their ability to move audiences — emotionally, spiritually and musically, say ...

While there are those who place flowers upon graves to honour the dead, others dust off the archives to reissue the music of an artist lost to time. Pianist Gideon Nxumalo, who died in 1970, was ...

Six-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award winner Chief Adjuah brought “stretch music” —his own jazz-rooted, culture-combining musical style — to campus on Friday evening. Adjuah performed ...

On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer and composer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away at 85 after a long illness. Louis, “Tebogo,” Bra Louis, as he was variously and ...

The group that started at Antioch College in Ohio went to Africa and returned “transformed,” one of its members said. A new boxed set collects its little-heard albums from the 1970s. By Marcus J.

Africa's music festival landscape has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry, and as we sit here , it's impossible to deny how much the continent has become a powerhouse for live music ...