Results for "Dorothy Masuka"

Dorothy Masuka

Beledo: Seriously Deep

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 2, 2022

Beledo's second MoonJune release flows through the listener's ears like the cinematic adaptation of an epic novel, but in sound. Seriously Deep quite deliberately moves from scene to scene (song to song), building up and releasing tension in music that sounds much too powerful and deep to have been primarily created by only three musicians: Uruguayan ...

Monsters from the Jazzlab

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 17, 2022

Rodrigo Almonte Distancia Odradek Records 2021 “Every piece of music on Distancia is an honest representation of a pilgrimage of different distances that I had to walk, musically and geographically speaking, in order to find inspiration and to create a representation of myself as a musical ...

Marabi to Miriam Makeba

by Seton Hawkins
September 10, 2018

Join us for part one of an eight-part series exploring the past and present of South Africa's Jazz scene. In this first section, we look at the early pre-Jazz musical roots in South Africa, exploring marabi, ghoema, and isicathamiya, and find out how these styles came to inform a uniquely South African take on Jazz!

The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at The Town Hall

by Dan Bilawsky
May 1, 2017

The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya The Town Hall New York, NY April 27, 2017 There are rare instances when a musical message for the times manages to transcend its place, evolving into a message for all time. Such is the case with The Jazz Epistles, the first ...

Dorothy Masuka, Paulina Oduro, Wendell Richardson & Ray Carless + DJS

April 25, 2009

The legendary DOROTHY MASUKA is coming into her own. She wrote the song that made Miriam Makeba, the no 1 hit 'Pata Pata' and Hugh Masekela's 'Khauleza' and she's Nelson Mandela's favourite musician. 'Auntie Dot' has a fabulous repertoire from township jazz to Afro classics with the occasional awesome acapella number thrown in. PAULINA ODURO aka ...