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Two criminally out of print South Africa soul LPs for your listening pleasure today: Letta Mbulu - Letta (1970) 1. Mahlalela (Lazy Bones) (C...

A quick step across the border to Zimbabwe for a quick post. Ilanga burned bright for three years, during which they played at th...

Now here’s a special one-of-a-kind recording – its just that Groove Holmes caused a stir by breaking the cultural boycott against ap...

Another of South Africa’s jazz greats – Victor Madoda Ndlazilwana: pioneer, composer, and band-leader. The Jazz Ministers were the first Sou...

From the original sleeve notes: "I first knew Mankunku back in 1968, though only as a groupie then. I turned onto "Jakal Inkomo...

Time to get up and dance with a collection of Mahlathini’s early 70s singles, published on the Soweto label. Simon Nkabinde owned his “Mahl...