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InterviewsMellow Don Picasso Unites Tony Dayimane & Die Mondez on Powerful New Hip Hop Release
Rising SA hip hop artist Mellow Don Picasso returned with a bold new release, Burning Bridges, featuring acclaimed lyricists Tony Dayimane and Die Mondez, bringing together three distinctive voices from South Africa’s evolving rap…
InterviewsProdbyom is Coming Back With a New Single Featuring Stino Le Thwenny
South African producer and artist Prodbyom is set to release his latest single, “Alright Alright,” featuring hip-hop duo Stino Le Thwenny.
InterviewsNuma Edema Reminds Us “Time is a Healer” in Uplifting New Song
Tough times are just a part of life, and in such difficult periods, songs like Numa Edema‘s “Time is a Healer” help us keep our head high.
InterviewsListen: “Mind of Athena” by Kai Krilove
More than a year ago, Aipate featured a song by a Ukrainian-American called Kailaya. The artist and dancer now goes under the moniker Kai Krilove, and she continues to mesmerize with her R&B-tinged brand of pop.
InterviewsThando Zide Pens A Love Letter To The Soul With Debut Album ‘Ku Ngawe’
South African Singer-Songwriter Thando Zide enters a defining chapter of her artistry with the release of Ku Ngawe, an 11-track debut album that positions emotional honesty, community, and healing as central pillars of its narrative.
Interviews8 Essential Alt-R&B Songs for Your Playlist
The boundaries between R&B, soul, indie-R&B and pop are increasingly getting blurred. And there’s so much new music within that spectrum. So, for our latest roundup, we’ll simply use the label ‘alt-R&B’.
InterviewsGet to Know imstillFranci: Listen to “RUDE”
Splitting time between Berlin and Bucharest, Romanian pop artist imstillFranci infuses influences from both worlds into her music. She is an artist that I began keeping tabs on just recently.
InterviewsOriiginelle Embraces Love, Identity & Healing On Loving This Black Woman
Makhosazana Thwala, known as Oriiginelle, returns with Loving This Black Woman, her most intimate and expansive project yet.
InterviewsBafana Bafana Make History: South Africa Advances To FIFA World Cup Knockout Stage
Against all odds, Bafana Bafana have written a new chapter in South African football history by progressing to the next round of the FIFA World Cup for the very first time.
InterviewsYusuf Özer Samba Project presents “Birlik Sesi (Voz de Unidad)”
Yusuf Özer Samba Project is a new music collective based in Turkey. Formed by Yusuf Özer, who has recently been part of Istanbul-based football club Galatasaray’s celebrations, the outfit has released its first song, “Birlik Sesi (Voz de…