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TBKS Podcast

"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.

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TBKS E166: The Episode About Nothing

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Dec. 30, 2025

TBKS E166: The Episode About Nothing

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...

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Dec. 15, 2025

REVIEW: Daniel Caesar - Son of Spergy

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…

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Dec. 4, 2025

TBKS E165: The Kristi Lowe Episode

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...

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Dec. 4, 2025

Who Gets to Evolve? The Double Standards of Reinvention

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…

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Nov. 12, 2025

TBKS E164: The Langa Mavuso Episode

This week we’re turning the spotlight on one of South Africa’s most soulful voices, Langa Mavuso — and his first major release in years titled Therapy: The Other Side. The album marks a profound new chapter, rooted deeply in ...

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Oct. 30, 2025

REVIEW: Kristi Lowe - a glimpse inside my mind

One of my favourite things about being in this industry is when I come across an artist who is just starting out and then watching them grow year after year. I’ve been watching Kristi Lowe for a couple of years now and so naturally, I was keen…

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Dec. 15, 2025

REVIEW: Daniel Caesar - Son of Spergy

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…

Read the Blog Post
Dec. 4, 2025

Who Gets to Evolve? The Double Standards of Reinvention

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…

Read the Blog Post
Oct. 30, 2025

REVIEW: Kristi Lowe - a glimpse inside my mind

One of my favourite things about being in this industry is when I come across an artist who is just starting out and then watching them grow year after year. I’ve been watching Kristi Lowe for a couple of years now and so naturally, I was keen…

Read the Blog Post

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Tadi Mutambara :) | July 24, 2020