Creativity thrives here, creative careers do not. Can we begin taking steps to build the music industry that Cape Town needs?
When Kristi Lowe first released a song into the world, she wasn’t thinking about airplay or playlists. She was fifteen,…
Last week, we laid it out for venues: if you can’t offer artists the bare minimum — working sound, working…
You wouldn’t invite someone over for dinner and ask them to bring the cutlery, cook their own food, and leave…
A band like Face Jackson was never going to bow out quietly. One of the first bands featured on Let’s…
There’s a certain kind of hush that falls over a beach crowd when Bongeziwe Mabandla sings — and at Feastival…
Cape Town winters can be brutal — cold, wet, and all too good at convincing you to stay home. But…
Right now, somewhere in Lagos, Johannesburg, or Nairobi, a kid is uploading a beat that could blow up in Berlin,…
It’s 7:45pm and you’re three songs into your set when a waiter drops a tray of shooters in the front…
If a band delivers a world-class set to a crowd that could comfortably fit in your lounge, does it still…