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Audiences can expect a set that moves between Lordkez’s earlier, more experimental work and her newer, R&B-driven material.

Lordkez brings R&B-rooted sound to Cape Town International Jazz Festival debut

Blending R&B, soul and jazz, Lordkez arrives at CTIJF with a clearer sense of identity and a growing reputation as a compelling live performer.

For Manana, touring is about more than performance. It’s about truth. “Live is the last real thing in music,” he says.

“Live is the last real thing”: Manana enters a warmer era

With live instruments and honest energy, Manana proves the stage is still where music tells the truth

Soothing presence: Karyn White’s music lives in the country. Her voice has followed us through decades of
Sundays, heartbreaks, quiet moments and personal awakenings. Photo: Supplied

The evergreen love of Karyn White

From laundry-filled mornings to soul-soaked afternoons, she remains the soundtrack of South African Sundays and grown-woman clarity

Revellers: A sea of festival goers at the Kaytranada Milk + Cookies Joburg show. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies

Gig Guide: Scorpion Kings to perform at Piano People SA debut, Made In Jozi NYE Festival with Shekinah & DJ Kent, WAV Festival redefining R&B and Soul, Gunna & Majid Jordan back in SA for Milk + Cookies Festival

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From left: Founders Kevin Reese, Chase Freeman and Gregory K Burton Jr. Photo: Supplied by Milk + Cookies.

More Than A Festival: Inside the Milk + Cookies Music Week Mission

Milk + Cookies Music Week returns to South Africa, thus cementing its status as more than a festival through its commitment to local talent and economic support.

Umzulu Phaqa, real name Sphiwe Moya, and Misfit, real name Maqhawe
Nhlakanipho Nkosi. Photo: Sibusiso Jaca

Soulful and unboxed: The rise of Mzansi neo-soul

From Lordkez to Umzulu Phaqa, a wave of young musicians is shaping a vibrant South African Neo-Soul movement that defies easy labels

Ncesh Nonxishi. (Lebogang Tlhako)

Singing her truth: Ncesh Nonxishi’s path to releasing Apho Kungenje

Telling her story by melding the personal and political with lyrical depth and musical innovation

A-list: South African musician Letta Mbulu should have been on Apple’s list, the writer says. Photo: Getty Images

Apple’s Top 100 List: A coalition of Rock and Pop, but at what cost?

We South Africans know our coalitions (we’ll probably see more after our elections) and the recently released Apple Music 100 Best Albums list smells exactly like one