A ward-winning South African jazz artist Ernie Smith opens up about his creative journey and his latest offering, Heya, an introspective song that explores complexities of love.

The 13th annual Eastside Kings Festival is set for this weekend. More than 20 bands and artists will play across five venues in historic East Austin on Saturday and Sunday.

Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer: Ah, no! My name is ...

The history of jazz in South Africa is inextricably linked to the legacy of the struggle against apartheid. The first wave of jazz musicians who gained renown outside of the nation were forced into ...

Celia Cruz was a monumental force in the world of Latin music, by lending her powerful voice to some of the genre’s most iconic works.

TRANSCRIPTS: I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Toni Morrison, one of America’s greatest novelists, often turned to ...

Langston Hughes, the celebrated poet of the Harlem Renaissance, was deeply inspired by the music of Duke Ellington.

Jazz enthusiasts in South Africa are in for a treat as Grammy award-winning vocalist Gregory Porter is set to take the stage ...

With her lens tuned to the heartbeat of South African jazz, Vuyo Giba transforms music into memory and sound into story ...

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 ...