New Music, New Ideas
Photo: Serena 23 year-old Raquel Martins has released 'Mountains', the second single form her upcoming Empty Flower EP. Expertly bringing together the seductive sounds of bossa nova, jazz and soul, 'Mountains' ponders on self-acceptance and coming to terms with a darker side to ourselves. It's an absorbing number, subtly growing through percussive licks, distant horns…
Bahla show expansive development in Life Long.
Malose Malehela, co-director of the South African Keleketla! library and grassroots organisation, makes clear his intentions in a short documentary about this album. Gone are the days of white artists adopting the sounds of Africa with little regard or accreditation for the roots, culture and musicians who built them - instead, calling upon 90s electronic…
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The Colour of Spring 