Preserving South African Musical History
Port Elizabeth musician . Began with The 4 Yanks as a young man and then joined Chris McGregor’s Blue Notes in 1960. In 1969 he left The Blue Notes and in 1970 formed Spear, also played with various musicians, including a session with Jabula.
In 1977 he released his first solo album, Diamond Express, and continued to release solo albums throughout the rest of the 70s and 80s
He died in London in June 1990.
Duo who met in Cape Town in 2017. Dumama features on vocals, uhadi and baby synthesiser while Kechou performs on calabash, guembri, cascas, chitende, guitar, bass guitar, synthesisers, drums and percussion, darbuka and shakers. They released their debut album, Buffering Juju, in 2020.
Botswanian band formed in 1985 by Duncan Senyato (lead guitar, vocals), Caxton Senyatso (bass) and Somin Jaquet (mandolin). They were joined by Misja Carbo (electric guitar), Maipelo Senyatso (vocals) and Anu Thuto (drums, precussion).
The band toured Botswana regularly from its inception and opened for Southern African concerts by UB40, Eric Clapton and Paul Simon.