Samara Joy

We turn toward drummer, composer, thinker Asher Gamedze as he opens up his new project, A Semblance. A title that already resists certainty. A likeness. A trace. A suggestion of something once known — or perhaps something still becoming. With Asher, return is never simple. It is layered, political, spiritual…

Ron Carter is not simply one of the most recorded bassists in jazz history; he is a custodian of time, a sculptor of resonance and a musician whose tone is deliberate, weighted and inevitable. From the disciplined corridors of the Eastman School to the restless laboratories of 1960s New York;…

Ralph is a multi-instrumentalist and film student whose work is rooted deeply in the soil of Southern Africa. He was an apprentice to the late Smiles Makama, the Eswatini master of the musical bow. Ralph uses the trumpet and electronic looping to expand what he refers to as "forgotten archives.

We are chatting to Ciko Thomas, Group Managing Executive of Personal and Private Banking at Nedbank Group about Nedbank being a Presenting Partner for the Montreux Jazz Festival South Africa and how Nedbank is positioning itself as a cultural enabler in private wealth banking.

With Nono, we move past the façade — past the filtered Instagram squares and glossy festival brochures — and into the engine room of the Western Cape’s live music machinery. How is it really functioning? Is it sustainable? Is it inclusive? Is it evolving or merely repeating what has worked…