South African music gets cherished every day by music lovers across the globe.

 South African Music Week

But once a year, the exciting South African Music Week ups the ante. The purpose is to encourage more doting, celebration and focus on extraordinary talent and a sound brew from a country that has taken the world by the storm of songs. Indeed, since the days of soulful Mbube by Solomon Linda and funky vibes of Kwela music by Spokes Mashiyane – South Africa has been the toast of the music world through efforts of, among others – Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and lately, DJ Black Coffee and Master KG.
Chief Executive Officer of the South African Music Week, Michael Moeti, says:
“Our partnership with the Canadian Music week places SAMW in a strategic position as a channel through which Southern African music could further and collectively penetrate global music markets. Moreover, SAMW is the largest tech-savvy music and media conference in Southern Africa, with career-advancing opportunities, including bursaries, internships, and mentorship. This empowering annual music economy trade expo is also a B2B platform for industry professionals, trendsetters, influences, businesses and musicians.”

This year, to be honoured with awards at the SAMW are DJ Black Coffee, TKZEE, Master KG, Makhadzi, Jonathan Butler, Jimmy Dludlu, Zola 7, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, and Lorraine Klassen.
The 2nd instalment of South African Music Week (SAMW) is at and in partnership with the Soweto Theatre as it celebrates its 10th Anniversary from the 16th to the 18th of November 2022.

With the spotlight put on 16 SADC countries, the theme for this year is – Tune in…. and be In Tune. This serves as an invitation to our fellow Africans to TUNE IN to the Global Creative Digital World which has taken off during the couple of years of global lockdown as a result of the pandemic.
Moeti adds: “At SAWM, we encourage effective utilization of music and platforms in the music business for collaboration to achieve better SADC and broader African socio- cultural development, social cohesion and economic prosperity for citizens. For such reasons, the SA Music Week brand is spreading its wings as Africa Music Week (AMW) and The DRC Music Week launching in Kinshasa in May 2023. Then in June 2023, we take a delegation to Canada for the Canadian Music Week.”

Furthermore, SAMW positions itself as a head above the rest event that caters for various interest groups in the music sector. Additionally, the expo pitches itself high as a conference of choice – for aspiring youth in music, entrepreneurs, technologists and leading role players in the music economy.

An emerging artist spotlight at this year’s SAMW falls on Automatic, check his EPK, latest single and video:

https://anonslum.github.io/automatic.github.io

https://anonslum.github.io/autoepk.github.io

The Soweto Pimville- born lad, an eccentric multi-talented musician, tattoo artist and fashionista, gets his inspiration from the likes of TKZee and American rock bands. Such include Black Sabbath and Metallica. Automatic is churning out a fresh hybrid sound that is so fresh and ‘lekker’ that he leaves music lovers enthralled and begging for more. Those lucky to have witnessed his live stage performance at events like Oppikoppi and Sawubona Music Jam in Soweto tend to compare him to American rock star Lenny Kravitz. Of course, his brand of rock boasts township slang and reggae music accents. Automatic says: “I’m just doing my thing blending and mixing the world into a township sound everyone can vibe to.”

Live performances and some surprise performances by international artists will make up the action-packed three days of the SAMW2022 event.
One of the webinars not to miss is titled “Business of Music” – Everything You Must Know About Breaking Into or becoming an International Act. Free registration to the conference could get made at https://www.samw.co.za –