Design Indaba 2017: Musical Highlights

From total Kenyan creative Blinky Bill to the hip-hop improv troupe Freestyle Love Supreme, our favorite acts from this year's festival

The domino effect of each year of Design Indaba building upon the last is a welcome outcome indeed. Word is out among the creative elite and as we’ve noticed, it’s not just the roster of speakers that’s become increasingly stronger; the musicians performing at Nightscape this year were top level as well, and a few even bounced between the conference stage and the DJ booth. …

Holly Miranda’s International Women’s Day Playlist for Cool Hunting

The singer/songwriter and instrumentalist's selection of songs for 8 March

In celebration of women almighty, all around the world, 8 March is a special day. Whether you’re able to participate in A Day Without Women, donate to a women-focused organization, or have committed to a different way to take part, International Women’s Day is about much more than equal pay for white, cisgender women in the Western World—it’s about justice and human rights for all …

Analyzing The Music Industry’s One-Hit Wonder

Through consideration of everything from society’s obsession with novelty to the well-known curse of the second album, High Snobiety writer Aleks Eror poses an in-depth analysis of the one-hit wonder. With stunning facts, “nearly half of all musicians that created a chart hit in the half-century in between 1955 and 2005 never did so again,” and a thoughtful approach to marketing, originality and the zeitgeist, …