The film also documents the complex history of Isicathamiya music – the musical idiom whose boundaries he helped to expand – regarding the political and musical forces that helped to form it.

Isicathamiya, Afro-pop, and various folk music styles. With regional auditions in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu-Natal, as well as the opportunity for online submissions from ...

It’s impossible to encapsulate a country – especially one like South Africa – in the music of just one group. But Ladysmith Black Mambazo comes darn close. The style of their Zulu male-voice choral a ...

Isizwe sonke samaZulu nabantu be Ningizimu Afrika: (Bantu bakithi), today is a difficult day. Ilanga lishone emini! We are bidding farewell to our leader, His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini ka ...

Taylor Swift is now the proud owner of her entire catalog of music, roughly six years after she protested the sale of her master recordings by her former record label. Swift announced the news in ...

BMAC CEO/president Willie “Prophet” Stiggers said, “As the Black Music Action Coalition approaches its fifth anniversary, our commitment to fostering equity and inclusion within the music ...

Apple this week introduced a new feature designed to allow prospective Apple Music users to import their saved music and playlists from third-party music services to ‌Apple Music‌. The feature ...

The 2025 American Music Awards are set for Monday in Las Vegas. Following a two-year hiatus, the award show will be broadcast live from the Fontainebleau Las Vegas luxury resort on Memorial Day.

A night spent watching music videos is a most sacred ritual. It begins, for me and my loved ones, when the night feels like it’s ending. It’s late, we’re drowsy and conversation is dwindling.

The inaugural U.K. Power Players list includes executives — nominated by their peers and companies and chosen by Billboard’s editors — from selected sectors of the industry: major music ...

The saga began in 2019 when Braun purchased Big Machine Records from Scott Borchetta Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2019 ...