Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
What’s inside SAMA25 Swag Bag for performers and presenters The SAMA25 swag bag is where the real award is at. SAMA25 is taking place tomorrow, 1 June at Sun City, where the biggest and brightest stars in SA music will be celebrated and commemorated for providing us with sweet music throughout the year. In it’s […]
Dance Music Awards South Africa has their nominees Dance Music Awards South Africa is an independent awards competition / show / event that was first announced in July. The initiative is powered by Soul Candi who was arguably the strongest force in house music for many years as a label, before deciding to call it […]
SAMA Awards 2017 Record of the Year fiasco over ‘flawed’ nomination The SAMA Awards 2017 has come with its fair share of drama. It involves the biggest award of the evening, the coveted ‘Record of the Year’ accolade. When it comes to nominating artists, there is a procedure regarding selection. One would think that […]
Is Kwaito losing its relevance and fading into obscurity? Everybody is wondering what’s happening to the Kwaito genre in South Africa after this year’s SAMA submissions. Between November 2016 and January 31, 2017, the South African music industry had a chance to submit their entries. With over 700 submissions, the Best Kwaito Album category only […]
SAMA 2016 winners – the full list Who were all the SAMA 2016 winners at the ceremony that took place this weekend? there was a fair degree of negative online response to the actual production of the show itself, BUT for the SAMA 2016 winners it would have felt like pure gold. Nathi was the […]
SAMA22 Goodie Bag – what’s in it? It’s the South African Music Awards this weekend in Durban and it should be an upbeat affair considering the recent announcement that all SABC radio stations will play 90% local music. As tradition goes all presenters get a gift bag and the SAMA22 goodie bag looks really legit this […]
