House music is alive and well in South Africa Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email March 29, 20224:32 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered EYDER PERALTA In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre [...]
Legendary house music producer and singer-songwriter Robert Owens teams up with house vocalist Pepper Gomez on “Be Ready,” via Wake Up! Music. Pepper Gomez Sharing how the collaboration came to pass, Robert says, “One chat with Pepper Gomez over the internet and I felt I was in touch with a kindred spirit, I felt an [...]
RAFAEL MORAES - RECONNECTIONS Rafael Moraes Re-Connections By James Hall, an Owner/Editor at My House Radio 4-22-21 Q. Hey Rafael it truly is a pleasure to sit down with you. Your new hit solo album “Reconnection” is out!! How are you feeling about it and what inspired it? A. I’m very [...]
Black Coffee Releases Career-Defining Album ‘Subconsciously’ Lisa Kocay Contributor Arts I believe in good food, good wine and good music Nathi Maphumulo is best known to his fans as Black Coffee, a world-renowned DJ, and producer who is considered the godfather of South African house music. The legendary artist hasn’t released [...]
Nicky Roland Interview Nicky’s extraordinary talents are not limited to sound alone. True to his artistic nature, Nicky explored 3D animations to accompany the track with visuals to produce an incredible video for Broken Promises. A real epitome of a fiercely independent mindset. Born and raised in London, England, Nicky first started dabbling [...]
60 Seconds With DJ Vivona DJ Vivona has been a stalwart on the music scene for a number of years, running his successful Sunclock label, known for its contemporary Afro, Deep and house output with artists such as Enoo Napa, Pablo Fierro, Mario Bianco, Radyon, Dazzle Drums and many more. During his career Vivona has produced [...]
Styles like afrohouse, gqom and amapiano are thriving – but with ‘half--baked white kids getting a lot more airplay’, South Africa’s inequalities still hold the dance scene back/ Marcus Barnes Many people got their first taste of South African dance music this year via six Angolans dancing in their backyard, dinner plates in hand. Their [...]
RAFAEL MORAES - ONE SHOT FEAT. CAPITOL A EP - PRE-ORDER NOW!!! Out on Yoruba Records featuring Osunlade and Karizma Remixes Rafael Moraes is returning after a long hiatus recording his upcoming debut full-length release ‘The Reconnection’. In true deep fashion, Rafa delivers with the first single, ‘One Shot’, featuring the flow and groove of [...]
Omah Lay Apple Music has announced a new artist discovery initiative that seeks to spotlight the emerging artists of the world's second-largest continent. The launch of the Africa Rising initiative sees the addition of a new playlist to the Apple Music ecosystem by the same name. The mission to uplift Africa's next generation of stars arrives [...]
