Ben Sharpa charts specific enclaves as South African underground hip-hop figurehead-cum-electronic music practitioner. As producer, he is responsible for the dark, anti-pop leanings which marred both the… Read more “Ben Sharpa – 4DLS Album Review”
Category: Album review
UB 40 – Signing Off
UB40 is “the biggest reggae band of all-time and the fourth most successful group in the history of the British charts.” Made ubiquitous through cover versions such… Read more “UB 40 – Signing Off”
Ts’epe: a new cultural awareness
On the way to Hlotse, capital town of Leribe (one of Lesotho’s ten districts), one passes a place aptly-titled Crossong – a T-junction that can take one… Read more “Ts’epe: a new cultural awareness”
Beneath the Underdog
Ask any jazz head of their favourite jazz musician and the name Charles Mingus is very unlikely to pop up. Sure, names such as Parker, Davis, and… Read more “Beneath the Underdog”
