On: Fifi Cooper
The motswako rapper talks about her new music, new company and new lease on life Fifi Cooper is giddy. When we meet, it’s been a while since she dropped her second album, Take Me Back. It is her first album since she acrimoniously parted ways with Ambitiouz Entertainment and hr first under her independent imprint, […]
On: Sho Madjozi’s style
Newly named the South African with the Most Innovative Style, musician, Sho Madjozi speaks to Helen Herimbi The last time I saw Sho Madjozi, we were in a large studio space where she was shooting a special for a popular brand she endorses. She swaggered in and, like a magnet, she drew everyone’s attention. Wearing […]
On: L’Vovo
L’Vovo is wearing a black and white spottie. It’s got various typography on it with words like “life” prominently placed. And what a serendipitous life the Durban kwaito star has led. Born Thokozani Ndlovu and bred in Newcastle and Durban, L’Vovo always knew he was going to be Somebody. “Way before music and everything, I […]
On: Bigstar Johnson
Bigstar Johnson delivers nostalgia and notes on our nation on his debut album “Are you going to get tattoos on your face, Star,” asks Ninel Musson. She is the director of Vth Season, the indie company Bigstar Johnson is signed to and she also doesn’t have a poker face. “That’s what I really want to […]
On: HHP
HHP invited Helen Herimbi into studio to reveal the real Jabba X Jabulani Tsambo has his back to me. We’re in the studio attached to his home and the second track off his upcoming EP, Feels Good To Be Back, is wafting through the speakers. He is at the sink, washing dishes and bopping his […]
On: Gabi Motuba
Following the release of her debut album, Gabi Motuba speaks about compositions and community Gabi Motuba is a musician’s musician. It is a few days after the Soweto Theatre launch of her debut album as band leader, Tefiti: Goddess of Creation, and we sit at the front a busy Jozi coffee shop. The composer and […]
On: Jeremy Loops
Photo by Taahir Matthews Jeremy Loops speaks to Helen Herimbi about songwriting, surfing and streaming Jeremy Loops swaggers in with a guitar case in hand. The folk singer is fresh off a European tour that included him selling out and headlining a night at Shepard’s Bush Empire in London – the same venue that saw […]
On: Boity
TV presenter and actress, Boity speaks to Helen Herimbi about pivoting to her passion: rapping Boity is busy. On the day that we catch up, she had caught the worm when she exclusively premiered her debut song on Metro FM’s Fresh Breakfast before people clock in for work. Then she was wrapped up in a […]
On: Spikiri
Spikiri talks to Helen Herimbi about new music, respectful names and improved formulas Sporting a Starter jacket and his signature plaits, Spikiri is in a good mood. He speaks freely, laughs a lot and, when his wife whips out a mini-tub of Vaseline from her bag, he dabs a finger in it, mid-sentence, without skipping […]
On: Sannie Fox
In between gigs in London, Cape Town’s own Sannie Fox took time out to speak to Helen Herimbi about her second album The last time I spoke to Sannie Fox, the vocal powerhouse and songwriter/producer had just come off the road. She had been on the Crossroads Tour with Jimmy Thomas and Michael Roach. Now, […]