JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela, known as the "father of South African jazz" who used his music in the fight against apartheid, has died from prostate cancer, his family ...

On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer and composer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away at 85 after a long illness. Louis, “Tebogo,” Bra Louis, as he was variously and ...

At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and ...

What do you do in a country racked by racial strife and division to try to help make things better? That’s the question that Darius and Catherine Brubeck faced in her native South Africa in the midst ...

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Tutu Puoane, the acclaimed South African jazz vocalist, returns to her roots as she headlines the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2026.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ray Phiri, a South African jazz musician who founded the band Stimela and became internationally known while performing on Paul Simon's Graceland tour, died of cancer on Wednesday ...

Gloria Bosman, the renowned South African jazz singer, composer, and songwriter, has died at the age of 50, leaving the music industry in grief. Her death was confirmed by the South African Music ...

On stage, South African pianist/vocalist Nduduzo Makhathini is less interested in playing music than in repairing the world, performing sonic rituals that nurture, heal and transform audiences and ...

Mozambique-born bassist Gito Baloi was killed yesterday morning (April 4) in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. Police say Baloi, 39, was shot in the neck as he made his way home from performing at ...