South African music producer Uncle Waffles has taken Amapiano global with the recent release of 'Mix It Up Vol 4'. The star was the executive producer.

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Humanities in Africa, University of Cape Town Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or ...

A new sound is taking over Africa. Coined ‘Afropiano’, it is a mix of West African Afrobeats and South African Amapiano. Amapiano, which means ‘the pianos’ in Zulu, is a style of house music that ...

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A TikTok video of a South African boys’ school performing a war cry with instruments went viral, impressing viewers and ...

It was opening night at the Brooklyn Mirage, a seasonal night club in East Williamsburg. In the main area, about five thousand people were bobbing and waving along with an English d.j. named Chris ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

Explore the South Africa AI & African Music project, combining AI technology with African musical creativity and tradition.