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The collection of animated musical shorts inspired by the original ‘Super Why!’ series aims to help grow the literacy skills of young readers; show premieres October 18.

With a pedigree in studio sessions and arranging – working with the likes of The Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield, plus influences ranging from Miles Davis to Motown – John Paul Jones was always going to bring something special to the role of bassist and keyboards when he teamed up with Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham to form Led Zeppelin. Such was his multi instrumental talent, he was able to bring a unique musicality to the group adding synths, mello...

1984 was a “long process” to bring to fruition. The band’s 2007 reunion tour with Roth in itself was quite a revelation. There had been a couple of songs recorded in 1996 for their first greatest hits compilation, the renewed union between the charismatic frontman and the other members of Van Halen quickly fizzled after an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards that same year didnt go well. A decade later, Eddie Van Halen was sober and in better spirits. “I hadn’t seen him that happ...

1984 was a “long process” to bring to fruition. The band’s 2007 reunion tour with Roth in itself was quite a revelation. There had been a couple of songs recorded in 1996 for their first greatest hits compilation, the renewed union between the charismatic frontman and the other members of Van Halen quickly fizzled after an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards that same year didnt go well. A decade later, Eddie Van Halen was sober and in better spirits. “I hadn’t seen him that happ...

“Afronaut is not in a race, we are a race,” says Afronaut band guitarist, Thulasizwe Nkosi when we speak. The band which hails from Soweto and which is still relatively new, just released their first EP, Africans from Outta Space, a six-song, twenty-minute long project, with an eye-catching album cover that depicts two old taxis without wheels, hovering above the road like the flying vehicles from the 1982 science fiction film Blade Runner. The album’s released single Birdhouse is a co...