Matt Temple
@letaba-boy.bsky.social
matsuli music // look out for hope // dance dance dance to the radio //
Via MatsuliMusic...their new compilation Zulu Guitar Blues - Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers
May 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Via MatsuliMusic...their new compilation Zulu Guitar Blues - Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers
Matsuli Music's new compilation is released on 16 May. Check it out here: matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/zulu-g...
April 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Matsuli Music's new compilation is released on 16 May. Check it out here: matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/zulu-g...
Lost for over 50 years, Black Soul by The Anchors marks a 1972 transformative moment when
Memphis soul collided with township jazz and emerging afro-rock.
This re-mastered gem is now out via Matsuli Music. On vinyl and all digital platforms.
Memphis soul collided with township jazz and emerging afro-rock.
This re-mastered gem is now out via Matsuli Music. On vinyl and all digital platforms.
March 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Lost for over 50 years, Black Soul by The Anchors marks a 1972 transformative moment when
Memphis soul collided with township jazz and emerging afro-rock.
This re-mastered gem is now out via Matsuli Music. On vinyl and all digital platforms.
Memphis soul collided with township jazz and emerging afro-rock.
This re-mastered gem is now out via Matsuli Music. On vinyl and all digital platforms.
Coming up for release next week on Matsuli Music
The Anchors - Black Soul
Matsuli Music restores another essential South African classic - out 7 March on vinyl and digital platforms
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February 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Coming up for release next week on Matsuli Music
Ballake Sissoko & Derek Gripper's duo album release earlier this year on vinyl by Matsuli Music has won Songlines’ “Best Album of 2024 (Critics Choice)”
“The musical exchange between Sissoko’s kora and Gripper’s guitar represents a meeting of minds at the pinnacle of their craft.”
“The musical exchange between Sissoko’s kora and Gripper’s guitar represents a meeting of minds at the pinnacle of their craft.”
December 13, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Ballake Sissoko & Derek Gripper's duo album release earlier this year on vinyl by Matsuli Music has won Songlines’ “Best Album of 2024 (Critics Choice)”
“The musical exchange between Sissoko’s kora and Gripper’s guitar represents a meeting of minds at the pinnacle of their craft.”
“The musical exchange between Sissoko’s kora and Gripper’s guitar represents a meeting of minds at the pinnacle of their craft.”
Rashid Vally obit. here: substack.com/@matsuli/not...
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SOMEONE UP THERE DIGS ME (Rashid Vally Obituary)
Rashid Vally grew up in downtown Johannesburg. The Champion Buildings, where he was born in 1939, still stand on Market Street today. Vally attended t...
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December 11, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Rashid Vally obit. here: substack.com/@matsuli/not...
RIP Rashid Vally, a giant of South African jazz. Without him and his labels, primarily As-Shams, the South African jazz canon would be poorer.
December 8, 2024 at 9:30 AM
RIP Rashid Vally, a giant of South African jazz. Without him and his labels, primarily As-Shams, the South African jazz canon would be poorer.
At the matsuli bandcamp page...til Sunday
December 5, 2024 at 4:01 PM
At the matsuli bandcamp page...til Sunday
So very special last night at the Barbican.
November 25, 2024 at 6:31 PM
So very special last night at the Barbican.
Reposted by Matt Temple
A note of deep gratitude to Matsuli Music for the release of a long-awaited Kyle Shepherd trio album. It is so spectacular, and such a joy to hear Kyle playing in the setting again:
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-danc...
#SouthAfricanJazz
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-danc...
#SouthAfricanJazz
A Dance More Sweetly Played, by Kyle Shepherd Trio
12 track album
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:03 PM
A note of deep gratitude to Matsuli Music for the release of a long-awaited Kyle Shepherd trio album. It is so spectacular, and such a joy to hear Kyle playing in the setting again:
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-danc...
#SouthAfricanJazz
matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-danc...
#SouthAfricanJazz
Great review in from UKVibe for the new Kyle Shepherd Trio album out now on @matsulimusic
Kyle Shepherd Trio 'A Dance More Sweetly Played' 180g Vinyl (Matsuli Music) 5/5 - ukvibe - astral travelling since 1993
The world of recorded music has become complex so just to be clear this album is basically a top notch 180g vinyl production which will be available from Matsuli’s Bandcamp page and more widely in oth...
ukvibe.org
November 19, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Great review in from UKVibe for the new Kyle Shepherd Trio album out now on @matsulimusic
The album is out tomorrow. The Cape Town launch sold out. Grab a copy of the LP from matsulimusic.com before its gone too!
November 17, 2024 at 7:37 PM
The album is out tomorrow. The Cape Town launch sold out. Grab a copy of the LP from matsulimusic.com before its gone too!
the new Kyle Shepherd Trio LP contains a mesmerising version of Massive Attack's Teardrop
November 14, 2024 at 8:42 PM
the new Kyle Shepherd Trio LP contains a mesmerising version of Massive Attack's Teardrop