The revamped SA Music Awards (Samas) categories have set tongues wagging in the music industry. What has irked the purists is the expansion of the definition of the Best Kwaito Album category to ...
In a podcast, DJ Twitty emphasized that Gqom’s raw, unpolished sound is intentional and reflects the realities, struggles, and celebrations of South African communities The DJ highlighted how pioneers ...
‘I pioneered Cape Town gqom’ — 24-year-old Simphiwe Sihawu from Samora Machel in Cape Town took the South African gqom sound to South Korea and the UK all in one year. Sihawu, better known as Mr Thela ...
Last month's System Focus column on emerging African and Afrodiasporic networks featured Angel-Ho, an artist bringing ballroom and other U.S. club flavors of black and gay origin into new and ...
When Distruction Boyz dropped Omunye in 2017 they solidified the presence of gqom in SA and went on to become one of the most recognisable names but now, the gqom fever has 'died' down but they are ...
“Give Him His Quantum”: Farmer Remixes Gqom Song and Dance To Market a Fashion Store, SA in Stitches
A local marketing guru and farmer captured the hearts of social media users with a hilarious video of him performing a Gqom song with a unique twist. The clip, shared by TikTok user @tim_boettiger1, ...
From the bedroom to the bar rooms of the biggest nightclubs in the world, a new genre of house music is coming straight out of South Africa. DJs and producers from Durban have built up an ...
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 ...
You know that annoying moment at the family reunion when classic songs like Weekend Special by Brenda Fassie or I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston play? And then your mother or that always ...
Local gqom producers Zipho Mthembu and Thobani Mgobozi who are popularly known as Distruction Boyz have released their second album titled "From The Streets To The World". This is no ordinary album as ...
From its underground roots in Durban, the sound of gqom music is now spreading across Africa and beyond. But what is gqom? How did it start? How did it spread? And how do you pronounce it? Emily Dust, ...
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