Artist Info: Johnson Mkhalali

Prominent South African accordian jive specialist and member of the Boyoyo Boys. Ebullient music, consisting of chanted, bouncing rhythms.

60s Africa found the Zulu and Sotho beginning to incorporate the influences of African American R&B, jazz, and blues into their traditional, indigenous music. New styles such as township jazz, pennywhistle street music, Kwela, and marabi were formed. Eventually, these myriad styles coalesced to create a new hybrid pop music that came to be known as mbaqanga. [read more...]