10 Jun 2020
Water from an Ancient Well: Abdullah Ibrahim’s Japanese cosmology
"In Japan, there is a concept called Ikigai – which means, what is it that you want to do when you wake up this morning. My Ikigai is what I’m doing. It's almost like finding your destiny. That's what the music does."...
3 Jun 2020
‘I try to perfect something that is not possible to pefect’ – Abdullah Ibrahim
The slightly eccentric and vaunted pianist Abdullah Ibrahim – Mr Dollar Brand – is 85 years old and is one of the last living legends of South Africa’s golden age of music....
29 May 2020
Blues for District Six
early one new year's morning when the emerald bay waved its clear waters against the noisy dockyard a restless south easter skipped over slumbering lion’s head danced up hanover street tenored a bawdy banjo strung an ancient cello bridged a host of guitars tambourined through a dingy alley into a scented cobwebbed room and...
11 May 2020
Beautiful music of Abdullah Ibrahim to soothe and inspire
Musicians perform an Abdullah Ibrahim number for their neighbourhood during quarantine....
5 May 2020
Abdullah Ibrahim Africa Month Playlist
In celebration of Africa Month this May, Abdullah Ibrahim has partnered with Apple Music to curate a playlist featuring African artists....
4 May 2020
“Water from an Ancient Well” – Jazz Vespers
The Jazz Ensemble of the Washington National Cathedral at Redeemer for the 2018-2019 Music at Redeemer Series, September 30, 2019....
29 Apr 2020
Press Release: 2020 Spring Conferment of Decoration from Japan
On 29th April 2020, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2020 Spring Imperial Decoration. Abdullah Ibrahim is among the recipients of the decoration by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan....
21 Mar 2020
Covid-19 teaches us that human rights should be beyond shaking hands
Since President Cyril Ramaphosa last Sunday announced stringent measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus, life in South Africa has changed....