African Music Mavericks is united by Sonos and celebrates the forward-thinkers, boundary-breakers and hard workers of Africa’s diverse music landscape.  This year for the duration of Africa Month in May, and clearly a little bit in June, we wanted to identify creatives who are doing things a little bit differently - and for our final episode in this season, I spoke to South African singer and actress Nandi Madida, a powerhouse personality who has just taken the reigns as host of Apple Music’s Africa Now Radio, with the first episode of the new season airing Friday 2 June.   I also sh ..read more

African Music Mavericks is united by Sonos and celebrates the forward-thinkers, boundary-breakers and hard workers of Africa’s diverse music landscape.  This year for the duration of Africa Month in May, TATC wanted to identify creatives who are doing things a little bit differently, and for our third episode I spoke to Stonebwoy, Africa’s undisputed prince “prince of dancehall”, and Mpumi Mcata, the figurehead & guitarist of one of Africa’s most prolific alternative fusion bands, BLK JKS. Both of my guests shared their journeys from humble beginnings in their hometowns, to working sm ..read more

African Music Mavericks is united by Sonos and celebrates the forward-thinkers, boundary-breakers and hard workers of Africa’s diverse music landscape.  This year for the duration of Africa Month in May, TATC wanted to identify creatives who are doing things a little bit differently, and for our second episode I spoke to AfroFuture Festival’s co-founder Abdul Karim Abdullah, Rocking The Daisies’ Festival Director Shannon Valstar and the founder and mastermind behind MTN Bushfire Festival, Jiggs Thorne. All three of my guests shared invaluable tips and insight into what makes a festival wo ..read more