Mahotella Queens: Wozani Mahipi (Hippies Come to Soweto)

Mahotella Queens, Banks + Shlomo, Habibi and more in the music we tweeted this week

Originally formed in 1964, South Africa’s Mahotella Queens are still going strong (if missing some original members). The trio of enthusiastic ladies perform all over their native South Africa, as well as to sold-out shows across the UK. Our friends at Amateurism recently tipped us off to the talented ensemble with a blog post about the funky township song “Wozani Mahipi (Hippies Come to Soweto).” …

Nadus: Higher

Mahotella Queens, Banks + Shlomo, Habibi and more in the music we tweeted this week

This week’s #PrivateJam comes from NYC’s beloved Queen Bee and Good Peoples‘ founder Katie Longmyer—a woman who exemplifies the term cutting-edge. She tells us, “Claiming DC nightlife as my first home means being bred with Go Go and Bmore club music in my veins, so it’s no surprise that the Jersey Club movement that pulls some inspiration from those sounds is constantly bumping in my …

Space News

Veggie kiosks, time warp photography, news from space and more in our look at the web this week

Two new space discoveries are changing the way scientists, physicists, astronomers and other experts will come to perceive the universe. First, tiny pockets of water were found hiding in flakes of interplanetary dust particles—literal stardust—which increases the possibility that humans aren’t on our own. Second, dark matter—an invisible type that has only been hypothesized—may have been spotted for the first time. Like the lyric from …