Native Rhythms Productions finally gets recognition

Sipho Sithole, the founder and president of Native Rhythms Productions, was recently invited by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Film and Music Office to share his experience in the identification and development of talent,
which mainly has been the Eastern Cape. Read more »

A debut album and a 2011 European Tour for Nkulee Dube (the daughter of the Legendary Lucky Dube)

Native Rhythms Productions’ recently signed Soul & Ragga singer, Nkulee Dube, is hard at work preparing for the release of her debut album in May this year before embarking on a European tour, which starts at the Africa Festival, Wursburg, Germany on 2 – 5 June 2011.

In its 23rd year, this international Afro music festival is the biggest of its kind in Europe and draws over 100 000 visitors over 3 days. Nkulee Dube’s appearance and performance at this year’s prestigious festival will follow on the footsteps of her late father Lucky Dube (who was a regular at the festival), the late Mirriam Makeba, Youssou N’Dour, Oumu Sangare, Salif Keita, Vusi
Mahlasela, and has included artists from Africa and the Diaspora. On four stages more than 250 musicians and dancers will give an insight into the fascinating diversity of the traditional and modern black music.

This year, the Africa Festival will go on a journey to different islands of the Caribbean. Musicians, artists and DJs from Aruba, Barbados, Curaçao, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago – to name just a few – will present the culture and music of their countries, which were the landing places for African slave ships from the 16th to the 19th century. Nkulee Dube will share the main
stage on 5 June 2011 with Europe´s most known Reggae singer Tilman Otto aka Gentleman, a regular at the biggest Reggae events of all continents.

Nkulee Dube, whose music fuses ethno-soul ragga, as well as Afro-soul with glides and slides with ease in between her songs as she traverses between ragga and ethno-soul as if she was born on stage. Nkulee Dube has already attracted a lot of followers in countries such as she has performed at major festivals in Australia, Holland, Papau New Guinea, French Gayana as part of her late father’s band ‘One People Band’.

Nkulee has already appeared in a compilation album released by Sillywalks Entertainment in Germany, where her song ‘Give it to me’ is amongst the world greatest reggae and ragga compilations albums, which includes such artists such as Sizla. Sillywalks Productions has already contributed two songs on Nkulee Dube’s upcoming album, to be released by Native Rhythms and Sony Music.

Native Rhythms will be concluding a booking agency agreement for Nkulee Dube in France and Germany soon, in preparation for her European Tour.

Pu2ma and Vuyo Tyolo: music video shoots in Durban

Native Rhythms Productions’ recent signings have chosen Durban as their preferred city to shoot their music videos next week-end, 21 – 23 January. Read More

Worldwide Digital Release: Pu2ma and Vuyo Tyolo

In less than a month after the release of Pu2ma and Vuyo Tyolo debut album, their album is now available for digital purchase and download in countries such as United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands,Sweden, Spain, Italy,
Norway, Denmark, Poland, Greece, South Africa, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Portugal.

This is great news for both these artists who, between the two of them have already dominated major jazz festivals between June and September in and around Gauteng and are already on the Top 40 on Kaya Fm whilst enjoying massive air play on most radio stations in the country. Read more »

Shanghai Expo

Native Rhythms does South Africa proud at the Shanghai Expo

It’s been a good year for Native Rhythms and its artists. Native Rhythms was appointed to plan and executive the cultural and music programme at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.

The Shanghai Expo, which started in May and will only finish in October this year, has seen an array of artists performing at dedicated South African concerts coinciding with its national days. South Africa’s Mandela Day, July 18, also saw Zuluboy and Pu2ma joining artists such as Gloria Bosman, Afro Tenors, Tidal Waves and Blk Jks. Zuluboy rocked the Mandela Concert whilst Pu2ma performed at the infamous JZ Club where crème de la crème of jazz musicians have set foot. Read more »

Sony Deal

Native Rhythms Productions, an integrated entertainment company, whose strategic thrust encompasses music publishing, production, marketing and distribution, as well as artists and events management, has concluded what could be considered one of 2010’s most significant local music industry deals with Sony Music Entertainment. Read more »

Vuyo & Pu2ma Debuts

Native Rhythms/Sony Music’s debut artists’ Vuyo and Pu2ma
set to dominate this year’s major music festivals

Native Rhythms Productions, the pioneer of South Africa’s Afro and ethno Soul music genre, is set to dominate at some of this year’s major music festivals. A total of five Native Rhythms artists are billed to perform at three major festivals in and around Johannesburg, starting with the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival, followed by the Tribute Concert at Moretele Park in Mamelodi and finishing with the Johannesburg Arts Alive festival. Read more »

A busy week for Native Rhythms

Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition

Native Rhythms stand was an absolute hit at this year’s Moshito Music Conference at Bassline, Newtown. Pu2ma and Vuyo Tyolo, Native Rhythms’ newest artists spent two days at Moshito, meeting and building new audiences. A surprise visit by the Gauteng Province MEC for Arts, Sport and Recreation to the stand was the highlight, as well as that by Black Moses (Soul Brothers), iHhashi eLimhlope and Ebony, together with SAMPA members China and Morris Roda, Arnold Mabunda of Gallo Music Publishers.
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