Sibu Manzini - Kea Leboha Feat. Zola Marcelle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZ8J4GR3yQ
Eswatini producer Sibu Manzini just released an EP, which is titled Grace after his mother.
Here with Zimbabwean British vocalist Zola Marcelle.
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!Sooks - Kintsugi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYeb4E3eufM
Textures of electronic music & delayed trumpet...
MOONGA K. – Hold On!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdAq2kE4o4
The Zambian-born South African artist abandons Pop for a time and moves to Country music... (and yes, the continent has a rich history within this genre)
Tefo Mahola – First Offering
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tefo-mahola-first-offering/
Tefo Mahola (aka “Talking Drum”) is a drummer and composer from Gugulethu, Cape Town. His first album “First Offering” was released in 2020. He’s Mzantsi Jazz Awards “Best Album of 2021” winner. Thembi (Thembelihle) Dunjana appears on piano.
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Nakhane – New Brighton Feat. Anohni
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nakhane-new-brighton-feat-anohni/
New Brighton, from Nakhane‘s album “You Will Not Die” Deluxe Edition is a mix of Seal, Bowie, Keziah Jones…
Nakhane Touré was only 19 years old when he came out as gay. Living in a small town on the Eastern Cape of South Africa in a community of […]
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EMAMKAY – Love Is Energy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/emamkay-love-is-energy/
Issued on Kid Fonque‘s STY TRU BTS imprint, ‘Love Is Energy’ is the third studio album from South African multi-instrumentalist, emcee, beatmaker and producer EMAMKAY.
Raised and based between Soweto (Johannesburg) and Pretoria, EMAMKAY’s jazz-tinged lo-fi hiphop sound lays bare the artist’s influences, which range from J-Dilla, Flying Lotus and D’Angelo, to Smokey Robinson and […]
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DJ Maphorisa, Xduppy, and Seun1401 - "Ke System" feat. Mellow & Sleazy and Kabelo Sings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDErDqz2ad0
Mellow & Sleazy, Tman Xpress, CowBoii - "Ibhanoyi" (feat. LastBornDiroba, The Buu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvHSCd_kbQ
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DJ Kasi Duchaz - “Indiza” (feat. Mmata Magic, Sika and Coachie Vee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZydEgr8W8A
Anita Ronge is DJ Kasi Duchaz, a KwaZulu-Natal-born DJ.
Skyla Tylaa - "Bombshell (Cheza) (feat. Diamond Platnumz, Tyler ICU, Khalil Harrison & DJ Exit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegB5r3fXLA
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DJ Maphorisa, XDuppy, Sean1401 - "Ngibolekeni" Feat. Leemckrazy, Scotts Maphuma, Blxckie, Pcee, Kabelo Sings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcM2VHAWSDQ
Many featured artists bring their A-game to this track by DJ Maphorisa, and nothing is left to chance...
DJ Lag – "YEBO" Feat. Thobeka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRwUf1u2wNY
Dollar Brand – African Space Program
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-african-space-program-1974/
“African Space Program”, recorded in 1973, contains 3 compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim / Dollar Brand, where he arranges for a big band.
"This is unique, pancultural music. Brand, as his followers know, is a native-bom South African who is well-versed both in modern conservatory music and in the music of his native Africa. He’s skilled [...]"
#AbdullahIbrahim #FullAlbum #Jazz #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz
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Crow Black Sky – Stars of God
https://amf.didiermary.fr/crow-black-sky-stars-god/
Crow Black Sky is a cosmic black metal band from Cape Town, South Africa, with roots dating back to 2009. “Stars of God” is a track from their album “Pantheion” in 2010.
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Yvonne Chaka Chaka – Let Me Be Free
https://amf.didiermary.fr/yvonne-chaka-chaka-let-me-be-free/
Yvonne Chaka Chaka (Yvonne Machaka – 1965) is a South African singer from Soweto at the forefront of South African popular music since the ’80s, when “Bubblegum” music was all the rage.
Miriam Makeba said of her “She’s my baby!” and Hugh Masekela called Chaka Chaka “my mad niece”.
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From the vault: 2017
Drum majorettes of Cape Town – a photo essay
"Their primary school is located in one of the poorest areas of Cape Town, where gangs and drugs are everywhere. But the school’s drum majorettes’ team is thriving and winning."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/10/drum-majorettes-of-cape-town-a-photo-essay
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Rashid Vally, the visionary behind South Africa’s iconic jazz label As-Shams, forged a legacy of revolutionary jazz that defied apartheid, and continues to inspire new generations of musicians, activists, and music lovers.
https://africasacountry.com/2024/12/the-sun-shows-the-way
Chicco – I Need Some Money
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chicco-i-need-some-money/
Chicco‘s first hit “I Need Some Money” released in 1986.
The two young dancers (not the young kids) were dancing a new ‘ghetto’ style that later became the famous ‘Mapantsula’ style.
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The Dark City Sisters
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/dark-city-sisters-star-time/
The Dark City Sisters were a South African female vocal group formed in 1958, comprised of four young women, with several changes during the course of years. They recorded several hit records during the 1960s, helping usher in the mbaqanga style. […]
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Mahlathini & Mahotella Queens – Kazet
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mahlathini-mahotella-queens-kazet/
Surnommé “Le Lion de Soweto” pour sa voix de “groaner“, Simon Nkabinde Mahlathini est une des figures mythiques du mbaqanga. Il s’est fait connaître internationalement dans les années 1980 au sein de la formation Mahlathini et Mahotella Queens.
The Mahotella Queens est un groupe féminin sud-africain. A l’origine, c’est un groupe d’enregistrement en studio mixte, [...]
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Fruits and Veggies – A Clean Page
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fruits-veggies-clean-page/
Fruits and Veggies was a ska-punk band from Durban, led by Zinhle Purity Mkhize, quite powerful on the South African scene.
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Bongeziwe Mabandla - hlala (Mpho.Wav Remix)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4sn-w89yE0
Yugen Blakrok – Carbon Form
https://amf.didiermary.fr/yugen-blakrok-carbon-form/
Yugen Blakrok is a South African rapper. She appeared on the track “Opps” with Vince Staples from the Kendrick Lamar-produced soundtrack to the movie Black Panther in 2018.
"Five years after releasing Return of the Astro-Goth, Yugen Blakrok descends from the vast cosmos and delivers to the world an impressive lesson in style, […]"
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