New Series - BACKTALK - #1 - South African Music

This week kicks off a new series I’m calling BackTalk, wherein a guest and I converse on a topic we think deserves attention.

For the first BackTalk, I bring back Steve Erickson, music & film critic and music producer. We discuss South African music – the history, recent & current artists, its future, how the country’s politics & culture have shaped it, and how in the last 100 years or so it has had a particularly & surprisingly close relationship with US music.

Select South African music playlist (as suggested by Steve):

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfrAP6IL7DaXwKJp0cWR2C0hsV2eZMXQn

Recommended South African music compilations:

NEXT STOP…SOWETO (Volumes 1-4)

ZULU JIVE / UMBAQANGA

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BEAT OF SOWETO (Volumes 1-6)

AMAPIANO NOW

Find out more about Steve:

http://steeveecom.wordpress.com

http://callinamagician.bandcamp.com/