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The Best Kept Secret (TBKS) is a music podcast dedicated to deep, honest conversations about the art and the artists behind it. We spotlight the most compelling voices in South African music — from the rising and underrated to the established and genre-defying. Through detailed album reviews and insightful interviews, we explore not just what the music sounds like, but what it means.
Whether you're an industry insider, a crate-digger, or just curious about the music shaping culture today — TBKS is where the real stories live.
This week, we’re all about Shekhinah, the beloved South African pop/R&B queen, and her unexpected new album, Less Trouble, the follow-up to her 2021 project Trouble in Paradise. Blending pop, R&B, Afrobeats and even Amapiano ...
I have been listening to Annahstasia since her first release in 2022 and I have been living inside her debut album Tether since June. It creeps up in the quiet hours, it demands a replay on the walk home, it settles like a soft bruise behind the ste…
A few years ago, I wrote about AI and music like it was something distant. It was an interesting theory you might bring up at a party, not something that should make you check your headphones twice. Now it’s real. It’s loud. It’s …
There’s a special kind of power in films where music doesn’t just accompany; it embodies. Think of Jaws, where those two ominous notes are the shark before you even see it. Or Birdman, where the drums bulldoze through scenes, forcing you…
Recently I was asked to curate a playlist on ‘longing and nostalgia’, and it got me thinking about our relationship with music in this modern era of digital/streaming. Sure enough, a couple days later, I found myself scrolling through my…
There was a moment during After Hours when it stopped feeling like we were just listening to The Weeknd. It was like we were watching a character unravel right in front of us. The blood on his face, the broken nose, the vacant stare… it wasn&…
I have been listening to Annahstasia since her first release in 2022 and I have been living inside her debut album Tether since June. It creeps up in the quiet hours, it demands a replay on the walk home, it settles like a soft bruise behind the ste…
A few years ago, I wrote about AI and music like it was something distant. It was an interesting theory you might bring up at a party, not something that should make you check your headphones twice. Now it’s real. It’s loud. It’s …
There’s a special kind of power in films where music doesn’t just accompany; it embodies. Think of Jaws, where those two ominous notes are the shark before you even see it. Or Birdman, where the drums bulldoze through scenes, forcing you…