OppiKoppi Music Festival Drones to Deliver Beer To Attendees
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a remote-controlled plane that brings you booze. read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the Day, CultureWatch the Graceland Documentary, Under African Skies, for Free
Thanks to Snag Films, the Emmy-nominated documentary Under African Skies is now available to stream for free.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSearching for Sugar Man
Detroit, 1968. One foggy night, two music producers slip into a smoky downtown bar to check out an unknown singer-songwriter named Rodriguez. When they first lay eyes on him, he’s hunched over his guitar with his back to the audience, but they are so bewitched by his soulful melodies and philosophical lyrics that they produce his first album, Cold Fact, convinced that they’ve discovered the Chicano Bob Dylan. The record flops. Big time.... read more
Found in: Movies, ReviewsDie Antwoord DJ Leon Botha: 1985-2011
South African DJ Leon Botha died Sunday from complications related to a genetic disease called progeria.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Vuvuzela's Greatest Hits
It's made us laugh. It's made us cry. It nearly made our ears bleed... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesListen to Some Funky Vuvuzela-Based Beats
A group of Internet DJs, producers and mixmasters have turned the blaring World Cup vuvuzela horns into dance-party tracks, which actually makes them sort of listenable.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNelson Mandela Endorsed Morgan Freeman 15 Years Ago for Invictus
Clint Eastwood’s Invictus, out today, chronicles the real-life story of the 1995 South African rugby team’s underdog race for the World Cup, and President Nelson Mandela’s efforts to heal his post-apartheid country by forging a relationship with the star of the team. Morgan Freeman plays Mandela, and Matt Damon plays the rugby MVP, Francois Pienaar.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMiriam Makeba: 1932-2008
The great South African vocalist Miriam Makeba, a regal musician and renowned civil rights activist, has reportedly died of a heart attack at the age of 76.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsLadysmith Black Mambazo: In the Name of the Father
After 40-some years leading boundary-breaking South African vocal troupe Ladysmith Black Mambazo, group founder Joseph Shabalala is stepping down and turning the reins over to his son Tommy Shabalala, who now joins a notable group of African sons carrying on the work of their esteemed musical patriarchs... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesSouth African Dispatch
During the Apartheid years, I remember watching a black guitarist play with a white band dressed in overalls. He had a bucket and mop standing near his amplifier—strict laws prevented musicians of different ethnic backgrounds from playing together, and if the police had raided... read more
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