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Night fever: Mr Shakes (above) headlined at the Godfather, a club in the northern areas of Port Elizabeth, in the Eighties. (Facebook)
BRENDA FASSIE

Say goodbye to 80s disco in PE? Never!

Fifty years ago, disco started having an impact. Its influence was felt even in apartheid South Africa

  • Donovan E Williams
8 min read
AFRIKA BAMBAATAA

Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame to induct Madonna, Cohen

Pop star Madonna, folk singer Leonard Cohen, rocker John Mellencamp, British pop band The Dave Clark Five and instrumental group The Ventures will be inducted into the…

  • Michelle Nichols
3 min read
ANTHONY HEGARTY

Full-blooded up-tempo

Icelandic pop princess and noise terrorist Björk is dancing to a tribal beat, writes Lloyd Gedye.

  • Lloyd Gedye
6 min read