Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

Whether you can’t get “Water” out of your head or are just feeling curious about the youngest African artist to ever take home a Grammy, we know you’re here because you have questions about Tyla Laura ...

Zahara, a singer from South Africa who found great success with multiple platinum-selling albums and a slew of awards throughout her career, has passed away. She was 36. The sad news was confirmed by ...

As a child in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tyla long dreamed of seeing an African pop star become a global phenomenon. When that moment never came, she decided to just do it herself. “Not seeing that ...

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 ...

ALBANY – On May 21st, Jann Klose, a pop-singer from South Africa, will be performing at The Linda. Raised in Kenya, South Africa, Germany, and the United States, Klose has led an award-winning career, ...

Multi-talented South African artist Refilwe Maitisa, professionally known as Rēfilwe, has officially stepped into the music ...

"South Africa possesses one of the richest popular music traditions in the world - from marabi to mbaqanga, from boeremusiek to bubblegum, from kwela to kwaito. Yet the risk that future generations of ...

It's been 30 years since The Corrs' debut 'Talk On Corners' conquered the world. Now, the band is taking it on tour and ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African pop singer Lebo Mathosa, a leading star of the country's home-grown "kwaito" style of hip-hop music, was killed in a car crash on Monday, her manager said.