RAMfest celebrates its fifth edition this year, and looks back on a whirlwind half decade of growth and increasing prominence on the South African live music calendar. What started as a mostly metal-oriented bash in Cape Town has now become one of the most exciting young alternative music festivals in the country, and this year's fest promises to be right up there with the best.
In 2009, popular DJ and TV presenter Sbusiso "Sbu" Leope allegedly approached Pretoria record producer and DJ, Osman “DJ Hypnosis” Mkhondo, asking to.......
Johannesburg indie pop-rockers Dance, You're On Fire launched their debut album, Secret Chiefs, in Newtown, Johannesburg last Saturday night. This milestone comes on the crest of a wave of good publicity that this relatively new band has generated in the last year as their singles "Blockade", "Little War" and "Boxes Of Tigers" have received decent rotation and very positive feedback on most campus and commercial radio stations around the country.
House music powerhouse Zakes Bantwini will reach a new milestone when he releases his first live DVD in October this year.....
An MIO reader sent us a mail wanting to know how to find out if his music is generating royalties, as he has not received a cent for the past four years from collecting societies. Music industry expert, Nick Matzukis breaks the matter down for the reader.
If you listen to the C.9ine project without paying much attention to the track listing and the composers, you are likely to believe that the duo’s project is a compilation of international house jams...
House music producer and singer Tumelo “Geno” Ruele is upping his game with a fresh look that is set to thrill all those who will attend his gigs....
Festival Nurtures Eastern Cape Talent
Cutting edge and innovative theatre directors are being engaged as mentors to assist Eastern Cape companies that will be at the National Arts Festival this year...
More Tickets For Africa All Stars Concert
Following overwhelming popular demand, MTV Base has released an additional 1,500 tickets for its sell-out urban music concert, MTV Africa All Stars KwaZulu-Natal with Snoop Lion. Tickets for the concert are ...
Van Coke Kartel International Tour
It has not been long since Van Coke Kartel successfully completed their Duba Bike Tour and opened for Metallica in Cape Town at the end of April this year, and they are already gearing up to hit the road aga...
Zonke For Old Mutual Music In The Gardens
Hot off the SAMA stage, one of SA's most celebrated Afro-soul singer Zonke, is set to launch the 2013 Old Mutual Music in the Gardens series at the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens on Sunday 26 May.
Intl Guest Stars Head Mainstream Jazz
Mainstream is one of the genres that will be highlighted at the festival this year, though it is just one part of the formidable line-up which includes Blues / Funk / World Music, Afro-Jazz, Modern Jazz and ...
