When Studio 360 recently caught up with the up-and-coming BLK JKS in Los Angeles we stumbled onto a bit of a musical scoop. Hanging out “back-stage” with the South African band before their show at the LA Natural History Museum, we were fortunate enough to hear a brand new unreleased song from their forthcoming [...]
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New BLK JKS song! “Banna Ba Modimo”
Posted in Los Angeles, Music, tagged Banna Ba Modimo, BLK JKS, Los Angeles, mp3 exclusive, Music, Studio 360 on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
City of angels
Posted in Los Angeles, Music, tagged Africa, BLK JKS, Johannesberg, pico iyer, Santa Monica on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I visited Johannesberg a few years ago, I was startled by how much, townships aside, it reminded me of southern California — the topography, the sunniness, the freeways, the shiny Americanism in general. So the other day when I interviewed the delightful founders of the cool South African rock band BLK JKS, Mpumi [...]