My Digital Crates feature, albeit erratic (as with most of this space), is the opportunity for me to share the really dope music (in my view) that I come across. The beauty of the digital realm for me continues to be the fact that I am not dependent on radio,...
I have wanted to do a Digital Crates post on Amerigo Gazaway for a while. I first came across him in 2012 when he was still involved with Gummy Soul Record Company. The Pharcyde’s Labcabincalifornia continues to be one of my all time favourite hip hop albums while A...
Some moons ago, when I was a teenager, we would put together mixes on cassette tape (yes, cassette) for our romantic interests, incorporating songs that expressed our feelings much better than we could. Or we would phone, put the handset up to the speakers and press...
Where does the future of soul music lie? In a new sound or in the past? How much of your taste in music has been influenced by what was played around the house when you were growing up? Maybe you aren’t old enough to remember records but some of the more old school...
Written October 20, 2009 Mediocre. Adjective 1 indifferent in quality 2 second-rate. Synonyms include: average, fair, commonplace, ordinary, passable, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, undistinguished, unexciting, uninspired, unexceptional. This is according to my trusty,...
Of Ghanaian/German heritage, raised in Lesotho and currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kojo is the proverbial slashie, the professional ‘jack of all trades.’ He is an entrepreneur, writer, facilitator, content architect, former men’s magazine editor and speaker. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (1994) with majors in Economics, Marketing and Business Administration from the former the University of Natal (Durban), now University of KwaZulu-Natal.
