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Article: African Jazz

The Life and Times of South African Jazz

by Philip Songa
June 16, 2026

This article was first published on All About Jazz in January 2004. South Africa has always been a little different from other countries on the African continent. That uniqueness has extended in many directions, but South Africa (SA) is uniquely remembered in the world as the only country to have suffered from apartheid. Despite, ...

Article: Interview

Sam Tshabalala: Returning Home

by Seton Hawkins
May 27, 2019

The late 1970s saw a surge of extraordinary musical creativity in South Africa. Driven in part by a changing political climate reflecting the youth-led Soweto uprising of 1976, a younger generation of South African artists harnessed the arts to give voice to a new chapter in the anti-apartheid struggle. Indeed, rising ensembles like Movement ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Freshlyground Announces Debut North American tour

June 1, 2011

Zulu Double Stops and Cape Town Grooves: Freshlyground Bursts With the Bright Sound of South Africa on Debut North American Tour, June-July, 2011 Zulu folk fiddle and Xhosa poetry. Rebel reggae bass and Afropop guitar. Thumb piano and vintage delay. And's that's just one track. Beyond eclecticism for its own sake, the seven-piece, multi-generational, and multi-ethnic ...