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 ...

Indeed, each nomination in the category was an English-language track and was mainly Afrobeats or amapiano, the South African House genre that’s grown increasingly popular over the past several ...

“Romeo, I’m an African, so I hear kpanlogo, Agbadzar, Adowa, Asode and other traditional music tunes, so I try to mix them to get nice tunes which will be pleasing to ears.

Google’s YouTube Music is the most affordable individual subscription service in South Africa for streaming music, despite a price increase from R59.99 to R64.99 since the last comparison TechCentral ...

The new South African Popular Music Awards (SAPMA) committee will be looking back with a celebration of black excellence, legacy and South African heritage in music in their 1 st annual SAPMA's. "The ...

The kind people at RetroAfric compiled 20 singles recorded by E.T. Mensah in the '50s. Mensah more or less invented highlife, a jazz-influenced style made popular in Ghana and exported to and ...

When one compares the survey of African popular music by the BBC with what is being played on MTV, one sees serious differences. For instance, Mali's popular music is called mande.

The Center for Black Music Research (CBMR) at Columbia College Chicago documents, collects, preserves, and disseminates information about black music in all parts of the world and promotes ...

“South African Popular Music” is published by Bloomsbury as part of the GENRES 33 ⅓ series. It is available in stores now.