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ShaneCooper & MABUTA- By AidanTobias
BOKANI DYER

Open your eyes to Finish The Sun

Mabuta’s second album is a colourful sonic experience, inspired by the sounds of Africa.

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
5 min read
A sprawling album: Herbie Tsoaeli’s At This Point In Time: Voices in Volumes has enough to keep a listener engaged for ages. (Photo: Lindokuhle Mbhele)
AFRICAN TIME

Bra Herbie’s instinctive time travels

Jazz is the winner as Herbie Tsoaeli updates his explorations of time in his new album

  • Kwanele Sosibo
4 min read
Portia Zvavahera’s Maruva akaburitswa tiri mugomo (We received flowers) from her new exhibition, 2020. (Courtesy of Stevenson gallery)
ANCIENT VOICES AND FRIENDS

Don’t Miss: A weekly round-up of virtual and in-person events

From art exhibitions to live jazz, we’ve got your weekend programming sorted

  • Arts Desk
3 min read
The Texture of Silence, featuring Cara Stacey, Keenan Ahrends and Mzwandile Buthelezi, explores composition, improvisation and the grey area in between. (Supplied)
AS SHAMS

A place called home: Jazz and the new normal at the National Arts Festival

Several jazz offerings at the virtual festival focus on journeys and identity

  • Gwen Ansell
5 min read
(Isabel Janssen)
BOKANI DYER
Video

Mabuta prepare another kind of jazz for a global stage

The title of Mabuta’s debut album, Welcome to This World, has always seemed like a clear invitation to enter a dream state. (Isabel Janssen)

  • Kwanele Sosibo
7 min read