1height Music House We have a large selection of South African Amapiano songs, including singles, albums, and videos, all of which are of excellent quality and are available for immediate download.

As you climb the steps to Red Rooster’s pool hall on a Saturday night, the faces of some of the 20th century’s best entertainers stare at you. Aretha Franklin. Ray Charles. Miles Davis. Ella ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The ...

As the South African music scene prepares to embrace new voices, Tamara Dey's transformative role as godmother of the Lady of the House demo contest marks a turning point for women and non-binary ...

Jiyane told me house music has been a deep part of South African culture. JIYANE: House music played a very important role. It was relevant to us because we would be like, oh, I know this song.

Swazi-born, South African based DJ Uncle Waffles is at the forefront of propelling amapiano — a subgenre of house and South African music — to dancefloors across the world. Her third EP ...

A derivative of house music with a clear jazzy, sometimes bluesy influence, amapiano has become South Africa’s biggest musical export. The name comes from a Zulu word that means “the pianos.” ...

Amapiano is a subgenre of house music that originated in South Africa in the mid-2010s combining deep house, jazz, and lounge music and characterized by log-drum basslines and piano melodies.

Originating from South Africa, bacardi is a contemporary dance style birthed from a sub-genre of South African house music called amapiano. It involves intricate leg work and calculated body ...

South Africa is celebrating 30 years since apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became the nation’s first Black president. In the U.S., a South African musical group is spreading Mandela’s ...

The weekly event, formed in 2022, uses amapiano (a jazzy subgenre of South African house music) as a gateway to connect Atlanta audiences to the African diaspora. Credit: Olivia Bowdoin.

The singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water." Her debut, self-titled album released in March, could be a strong candidate to ...