Thandeka Dladla On The Jazz Standard With Brenda Sisane

A project specialist, social and climate justice activist, cultural worker, and founder of uManyano Lwe Jazz, Zukiswa White builds community through sound using jazz not just as a genre, but as a gathering, a social practice, and a rehearsal for freedom. In this conversation, we unpack what it means to…

Hailing from Venado Tuerto in Argentina and currently based in Brooklyn, Juan Chiavassa is a drummer, producer, session musician and composer whose career has taken him across continents and genres. His collaborators read like a who’s-who of modern jazz: Mike Stern (he is the current drummer in the Mike Stern…

A woman whose fingerprints are all over some of South Africa’s most defining musical and cultural moments. Pula Twala has worked alongside icons like Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo, and Busi Mhlongo shaping stages, festivals, and the business of live music for over two decades. As the heartbeat of SEMOPA Entertainment…

Born in Vienna and now based in London, Guido Spannocchi is a saxophonist and woodwind instrumentalist whose journey crosses conservatory training, classical flute, jazz saxophone and post-graduate musicology. In our conversation with Guido, we’ll explore how an independent jazz artist like him navigates creative freedom in a cosmopolitan city, how…

We journeyed deep into the rhythmic heart of Africa with a powerful feature on three master percussionists and djembefolas - Gontse Makhene, Weedie Braimah, and Tlale Makhene. In a spirited and deeply reflective conversation, they explored the art of the drum as more than rhythm but as language, weaponry, healing,…