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Afro-Cuban All Stars

Active | Cuban Spanish | Cuba

The Afro-Cuban All Stars, led by Juan de Marcos González, are a Cuban band that performs a unique blend of Cuban music styles such as bolero, chachach...

Active | Xhosa | South Africa

The Soil is a South African band with a distinct acapella singing style often classed as 'Kasi Soul' - a style with perceivable influences from the Is...

Active | Wolof | Senegal

Jigeen Ñi, translated as "The Women" in Wolof, is an all-female orchestra based in Dakar, Senegal. Formed by five young Senegalese women, this unique ...

Active | Tsonga | South Africa

Trompies, formed in Soweto, South Africa, in 1993, is a pioneering Kwaito music group comprising Eugene "Donald Duck" Mthethwa, Jairus "Jakarumba" Nkw...

Active | English | Nigeria

Styl-Plus is a Nigerian R&B and pop group formed in 1997, originally operating as STYL, a gospel quartet founded by Shifi Emoefe, Tunde Akinsanmi, Yem...

The Dark City Sisters

Active | English | South Africa

The Dark City Sisters were a popular and successful South African female vocal group formed in 1958 by music producer Rupert Bopape. They recorded se...

Klipwerf Orkes I

Active | Afrikaans | South Africa

Klipwerf Orkes is an iconic South African band that has anchored traditional Boeremusiek and popular Afrikaans dance music since 1969. Formed in Calvi...

Active | Xhosa | South Africa

Black Motion is a South African Afro-house collective formed in Soshanguve, Gauteng, in 2010 by percussionist Thabo Roy Mabogwane (Smol) and producer/...

Active | Swahili | Tanzania, United Republic of

Sewa Side (also known as Sewer Side) is an influential Tanzanian hip-hop collective and urban subculture that emerged from the Temeke district of Dar ...

Active | Swahili , Sheng , English | Kenya

Mbuzi Gang is an all-men Kenyan rap and Gengetone group made of Joefes, iPhoolish, and Fathermoh, under the label Black Market Records. Their journey ...

Active | Zulu | South Africa

Rising to prominence in the mid-1980s, CJB was a cornerstone of South Africa’s vibrant "Bubblegum" pop era. The group’s name was an acronym for its fo...

Dave Matthews Band

Active | English | South Africa

Dave Matthews Band, formed in 1991 in Charlottesville by Dave Matthews, Carter Beauford, Stefan Lessard, LeRoi Moore, and Boyd Tinsley, is renowned fo...