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"The Best Kept Secret Podcast”, unofficially known as “the podcast about nothing”, 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 and around the world — 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.
The first artist to win the Best African Music Performance award when the category was introduced at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024 was Tyla, who won for her song “Water.” She became the inaugural recipient of that newly created G…
People first met Sho Madjozi in "Gqi" back in 2016, and even in that brief flash of screen time the shock was immediate. Not the cheap kind of shock that comes from styling tricks or trend-chasing, but the deeper kind that happens when someone arriv…
For our final episode of 2025, we’re taking a moment to look back. This episode is all about reflecting on the sounds, the artists, and the shifts that defined the South African hip-hop scene this year. From new voices making...
We inherit more than names or traits. We inherit questions, absences, the way someone we love leaves their echo in us. Legacy comes not only through what is done or said, but through the marks left behind — subtle, insistent, shaping who we be…
This week we’re exploring Kristi Lowe’s debut album "a glimpse inside my mind," a project that feels raw, warm, and unfiltered in the best possible way. She digs into love, grief, healing, and self discovery with a kind of ho...
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how whole careers can be lit by Black music and Black style, how those careers can be marketed on the back of a thing that wasn’t theirs to sell, and then how, once the checks clear, the story quietly cha…
The first artist to win the Best African Music Performance award when the category was introduced at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in 2024 was Tyla, who won for her song “Water.” She became the inaugural recipient of that newly created G…
People first met Sho Madjozi in "Gqi" back in 2016, and even in that brief flash of screen time the shock was immediate. Not the cheap kind of shock that comes from styling tricks or trend-chasing, but the deeper kind that happens when someone arriv…
We inherit more than names or traits. We inherit questions, absences, the way someone we love leaves their echo in us. Legacy comes not only through what is done or said, but through the marks left behind — subtle, insistent, shaping who we be…