In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

South African pop queen Tyla is having that era of global fame, Grammy glitz, and all. But even superstars have idols, and for Tyla, her girlhood playlist was blessed with the voices of two Mzansi ...

In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre has remained king. If you travel to South Africa, you will hear house ...

South Africa’s legendary Afro-pop group Dalom Kids are officially back—stronger, bolder, and ready to groove their way into a new era. The group is celebrating a South African Music Award (SAMA) ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

There’s no formula to emerging from the seemingly endless sea of available music in the past twenty or so years — and yet from kwaito on, South African electronic music has done just that, both ...