Adolph Johannes Brand was born on October 9, 1934, in Cape Town, South Africa. He would become better known as Dollar Brand ...

Abdullah Ibrahim, South Africa’s most distinguished pianist, passed away on 15 June 2026 at the age of 91. He was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. For his 90th birthday he embarked on a final ...

The reissued album features the sound of the South African musician once known as Dollar Brand. Critic Kevin Whitehead says: "When Abdullah got a-rumbling, his piano was like a force of nature." This ...

This is not a conventional obituary, but a memoir of devotion – to the legendary South African pianist, the long-ago politics of youth and the music that helped make sense of becoming an adult.