This month’s show premiers the new single by Shane Cooper and MABUTA off their sophomore album, due in May. We also hear new music by bassist Herbie Tsoaeli from his album At This Point in Time and drummer Ayanda Sikade from new album Umakhulu. Also featured is a mix titled ‘Black Music Under Apartheid’ made for the National Arts Festival 2020. It engages with the history of how jazz has always been connected to the struggle for freedom in South Africa, with a look at the stringent laws that musicians fought against and tracing the lineage of how the sound developed.
Artwork: Kippie Moeketsi by Grant Jurius