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‘On The Record with Da Kruk’ podcast offers deep dive into South African dance music culture

Award-winning creative powerhouse, entrepreneur, DJ, author and radio host Kutloano “Da Kruk” Nhlapo has added yet another title to his ever-expanding résumé: podcast host.
Reuters

Amapiano stars put South African dance music on the map

JOHANNESBURG, July 29 (Reuters) - South African musical export Amapiano has crossed borders and cultural barriers, reaching as far as Japan. To top female artists Kamo Mphela and DBN Gogo, who helped ...
WHYY

African music, dance kick off 2019 Sundays on Stage at Philly Free Library

The decades-old series “Sundays on Stage” begins 2019 season at Free Library of Philadelphia with Seventh Principle performing African music and dance. Seventh Principle will perform at the Free ...
wbng

Students partake in African dance in Binghamton University class

VESTAL (WBNG) -- An assistant professor in the Africana Studies Department is sharing his knowledge of song and dance with students. Samuel Elikem Kwame Nyamuame a native of Ghana and has a background ...
Pitchfork

The Strange Story of “Township Funk,” The Unlikely Hit That Helped South African Dance Music Go Global

A little over 10 years ago now, an obscure song from Pretoria, South Africa flipped dancefloors across the Northern Hemisphere on their ears. It was called “Township Funk,” and if you know it, you are ...
CNN

African artists are creating catchy songs to promote awareness about coronavirus

How do you get people to take personal hygiene seriously in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic? Music and dance. With the whole world almost at a standstill over the rapid spread of coronavirus to ...
The Grio

Grammys add African music performance, pop dance recording as categories

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More change is afoot at the Grammys. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that three new categories will be added to the awards show in 2024: best pop dance recording, best ...
PBS

How this Phoenix dance troupe uses music to connect to performers' African roots -- and each other

For the Kawambe-Omowale African Drum & Dance troupe, performance serves as a form of self-care—and introduces the community to a traditional African art form. This story was produced at the 2022 ...

Song and dance bring South Africa, contemporary fusion to Hampton Roads

The Virginia Arts Festival’s two recent offerings, the Soweto Gospel Choir, back in Norfolk for a third time, and the American dance company Step Afrika (born of a partnership with Soweto Dance ...
Afro

Telling our story: the Black traditions of dance, song and theater

Historically, Black people have had to find ways to uplift one another and celebrate life— even in the face of racism and inhumane treatment. As the Black community celebrates Juneteenth, the AFRO is ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Grammys Add Three New Categories, Including Best African Music Performance and Best Pop Dance Recording

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...