The last time the South African Music Awards (SAMAs) were hosted in North West was in 2022. For the past three years, the ...

Ahead of headlining the inaugural 'Scatterlings Music Festival' in Johannesburg, Grammy Award winner Zakes Bantwini opens up about performing for South African crowds and the longevity of his music ...

It was evident from the first strains of “Aperture” that Harry Styles’ new album would not be the same as it was. Where his Grammy-winning “Harry’s House” danced with taut melodies, inescapable hooks ...

Jeremy has more than 2600 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

Rosalía made an album invoking the saints, Lily Allen took us on a tragicomic trip through her domestic hell, Lady Gaga found the sweet spot between artpop and arena-ready funk, and Bad Bunny was just ...

South African multi-award-winning singer Sjava recently announced the release of his upcoming album, INkanyezi NeZinkanyezi The popular star revealed that he will drop the album in January 2026 on his ...

Fast-Rising Nigerian singer-songwriter Abraham Osemekhian Hable, popularly known as Rolly Baba, is rapidly making his mark in the music industry. Known for his energetic fusion of Afrobeat and ...

I don’t envy anybody who decided to put out an album within the 12 months succeeding Brat Summer, Manning Fireworks Fall, and “Not Like Us” — especially considering that 2025, broadly speaking, did ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Please please please … may we have another year-in-music in 2025 as strong as this one? In coming up with 10 best album lists, each of Variety‘s staff music writers felt 2024 brought an embarrassment ...

Musicians both established and up-and-coming stretched themselves in fresh ways over the last year, creating poignant moments of collaboration and challenge. By Hank Shteamer In 2024, jazz continued ...

The Beatles are the bestselling music group of all time, selling 183 million units and setting the all-time mark for Billboard No. 1 hits. The band rose to popularity in the 1960s and was equally ...