Monday, 27 March 2023
Lloyd Gedye is a freelance journalist who writes about business, technology and the arts. In addition to New Frame, he writes for City Press, the Mail & Guardian and Finweek, and is one of the founding editors of The Con.
The artist’s third album traverses a new musical terrain as he keeps on expanding his sound and working with friends from around the world.
The Malian superstar’s new album Timbuktu is a thrilling fusion of folk music from West Africa and the United States.
Fulu Miziki spent the Covid lockdown refining, isolating and recording their handcrafted instruments, resulting in their truly spectacular Ngbaka EP.
The new album from the roots reggae veteran and Massive Attack collaborator brings listeners some nocturnal dub in what is sure to be an instant classic.
The Algerian band’s latest album was recorded in Tamanrasset, a city of great significance for the Tuaregs that finally boasts its own professional recording studio.
Covid starved musicians and fans of live music, but jazz nights at venues across the city are banishing those blues by bringing back the blues.
A reissued compilation offers a fascinating gateway to the country’s thrilling post-independence music that is rarely heard outside its borders.
The American funk pioneer ruffled feathers in the 1970s, creating a feminist message spanning three albums that still resonates today.
German funk legend Jan Weissenfeldt’s new album takes a decade on the road playing music from 1970s Africa and translates it into an explosive new sound.
If the musician’s debut album in 2017 got the world to sit up and take notice, his follow-up is sure to cement his name as a virtuoso of his craft.
The last album on which the dub pioneer features is a collaboration with New Age Doom. It’s genre-defying and a fitting end to a spirited musical career that spanned six decades.
The death of Robbie Shakespeare brings an end to Sly & Robbie, one of the greatest musical partnerships of all time.
A new album of folk songs sung by people who work and walk the land across the United Kingdom has a powerful message about the politics of accessing our shared heritage.
Connecting singeli, gqom, techno and more, the Kampala-based collective draws lines between music, merging sound and politics.
With no live gigs, musicians in South Africa and abroad have struggled financially. The UK is looking at new legislation to ensure creators are fairly compensated when their songs are streamed.
Five decades after its release, Sly & the Family Stone’s ‘There Is a Riot Goin’ On remains confounding and inspiring in equal measure.
The British electronic music veteran and Cabaret Voltaire member knew how to push the boundaries and deliver groundbreaking music.
Alongside its Boutiq Studio in the Ugandan capital, the Hakuna Kulala label is attracting artists and producers from around the world and electrifying the electronic music scene.
The musician found a new sound in the silence and space of Tunisia’s el-Djerid region, resulting in an album that is ‘organic, minimal and natural’.
Kenyan sound artist Joseph Kamaru, known as KMRU, uses field recordings to create new sonic worlds that make people more keenly aware of their own environments.
Her latest project, Mother Nature, continues a musical trajectory that reflects on Africa’s history, the world’s perceptions of the continent and its influence on music everywhere.