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The LowkeysActive | English | South Africa
The Lowkeys is a South African music trio formed in 2016, consisting of Mongezi Mashabela (Big Zeesa) on drums, Lethabo Monyai (Dr. Bean) as a pianist...
Moss Mogale UnitActive | Zulu | South Africa
The Moss Mogale Unit, founded in the late 1970s in Mamelodi, South Africa, is led by acclaimed guitarist Moss Mogale. Rising during a vibrant period o...
Manfred Mann's Earth BandActive | English | South Africa
Manfred Mann's Earth Band is a British rock group formed in the 1970s and led by South African keyboardist and vocalist Manfred Mann. Their musical st...
LARKActive | English | South Africa
LARK, also written as Lark, is a South African glitch electronica band founded in 2003 by Inge Beckmann and Paul Ressel. The other two band members ar...
Soweto String QuartetActive | English | South Africa
The Soweto String Quartet (SSQ), formed in 1989 at the Madimba School of Music in Soweto, is a South African ensemble celebrated for merging classical...
L'Orchestre Bella BellaInactive | French | Congo
L’Orchestre Bella Bella, also known as Frères Soki & l’Orchestre Bella Bella or simply Bella Bella, was a Congolese soukous band that emerged in the e...
Die BroersActive | Afrikaans | South Africa
Die Broers is a popular South African Afrikaans music trio formed in 2006. The band consists of the Snyman brothers: Christo, Cobus, and Stephan. Wide...
Boom ShakaInactive | Zulu | South Africa
Pioneering kwaito sounds in South Africa in the1990s was the music band, Boom Shaka. The group consisting of four members -Thembi Seete, Lebo Mathosa...
The ObserversActive | Creole | Jamaica
Founded by the visionary producer Winston "Niney" Holness, The Observers functioned as the premier house band for the "Observer" label during Jamaica’...
Ramblers InternationalActive | Twi | Ghana
Ramblers International Band is a popular Ghanaian dance band formed in 1962 as the highlife boom in Ghana instigated by E.T. Mensah continued to sprea...
Wu-Tang ClanActive | English | United States of America
Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip-hop collective formed in Staten Island, New York, in 1992 by RZA, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostfa...
MezclaActive | Spanish | Cuba
Mezcla is a Cuban band formed in 1985 by guitarist Pablo Menéndez, an Oakland native and son of blues singer Barbara Dane. At 14, he moved to Cuba, wh...