Laura Mvula

I came across Laura Mvula a while back, she began her journey as a composer at Birmingham Conservatoire where she studied composition at undergraduate level with Joe Cutler. Laura developed a passion for vocal music through writing and arranging for various local ensembles and also leading city-wide schools projects. Towards the end of her studies in 2008, Laura widened her creative skill base forming a jazz/neo-soul band ‘Judyshouse’ where she... Read More

Sprite Uncontainable

  [Uncontainable] To be fucking unstoppable, much like, well, unlike anything else. Not only are you the shit, and bullets and kung fu are ineffective (thats right, not even ninjas can touch this) Well, that’s what being unconatainable is all about. The Sprite Uncontainable Hip-Hop Talent search returns to Johannesburg this week as the country wide auditions continue. After rocking Durban on the 14th of July and Cape Town on the 20th;... Read More

INVISIBLE CITIES

Invisible Cities is a year-long music and arts festival in the form of 12 once-off monthly events set in the empty buildings soon to be part of Johannesburg’s Maboneng arts precinct. Maboneng, meaning “place of light”, is focused on developing mixed-use buildings that offer alternative lifestyles, workspaces and retail spaces. The flagship, Arts on Main, houses the studio of William Kentridge and gallery and project spaces by the Goodman Gallery,... Read More