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Balleke Sissoko And Derek Gripper Soas Concert Series 48 By Mike Skelton
BALLAKE SISSOKO

Strings definitely attached as kora meets guitar on new album

Kora player Ballaké Sissoko of Mali and South African guitarist Derek Gripper

  • Francis Gooding
2 min read
MATSULI MUSIC

Out-of-print records reissued out of love and respect

Matsuli Music finds and reissues great South African music on vinyl

  • Charles Leonard
3 min read
Close to home: Legendary singer Miriam Makeba with fellow musician Hugh Masekela in Lesotho in 1980. (Gallo Images/Sunday Times and Gallo Images/Avusa)
CONCERT

Masekela’s Lesotho concerts: A bittersweet homecoming

Taking place after the musician had gone back to the United States and after a short sojourn to Liberia, the Live in Lesotho concerts are a musical and thematic pivot towards home.

  • Kwanele Sosibo
5 min read
To date, Matsuli Music has resurrected sixteen important recordings for a new and growing audience of vinyl collectors.
ARCHIVING

The Portfolio: Matsuli Music

Independent record label Matsuli Music is passionate about finding and re-issuing South Africa’s historilcal music moments on vinyl

  • Matt Temple
  • Chris Albertyn
2 min read