In hip-hop music, it sometimes seems as if songs to and about mothers are common enough that audiences might take them for granted.
Drill is a variant of hip-hop. It is musically innovative, lyrically inventive and globally popular.
Among the invited artists at the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III was the South African soprano, Pretty Yende.
Since its emergence in the early 20th century, traditional country music has been dominated by white performers and the listening audience’s demographic. Black artists have not let this deter them from making country music. They have been making awesome country music over the decades, making names for themselves while at it.
It’s fitting that Johannesburg is among 12 cities featured in the 2023 Unesco International Jazz Day, themed “jazz journey around the world”
Burna spent years experimenting with different sounds in London and South Africa and his ragga-inspired vocal style became distinctive.
Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees.
A music recording in London in 1922 by Rev Josiah Ransome-Kuti (grandfather of music icon Fela Kuti) is regarded as the first formal effort at commercialising and “popularising” Nigerian music.
Burna Boy seems to be claiming to have created a new genre, Afrofusion, causing much debate.
