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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
