Siya Charles Takes Her Chance
There’s a deceptive innocence that shrouds the music of young trombonist Siya Charles, who’s on the online Standard Bank jazz Festival bill. She leads a sextet with a self effacing … Read More
Month: July 2021
Core Dump: Future Memories
You are reading this on your smart device. These words, published online thanks to the World Wide Web. The letters appear here courtesy of my Lenovo laptop. We’re connected by … Read More
Chaotic Pleasure: Prophetic paintings wield blunt truths
It’s always a little eerie when works of art do that thing they so often do. You know, that prophetic thing where they age and endure and still manage to … Read More
Khanyisa Bunu: Waves of laughter amidst oceans of tears in Whittlesea
Urbanites are mesmerised by their own image. For many reasons, they either have no idea about life on the plains of Sada, or they want to forget. It’s Messed Up. … Read More
Unmasked: Into techno nothingness, they danced their story, and we got it
I am going crazy with this digital platform. There are Lindzay Naidoo and Klyde Williams literally Unmasked, and performing their hearts out on my dodgy laptop screen. I am late … Read More