Danilo Acquisto

South African hitmaker Sketchy Bongo returns with "By My Side," a vibrant new collaboration featuring rising sibling duo The Woods (Destiny Woods & Tyron Woods) and long-time friends and collaborators Locnville. Blending infectious production with heartfelt lyricism, the track captures the feeling of finding someone you trust completely and choosing to walk through life with them. Sketchy and The Woods' sits down with Noni Radebe (who stands in for Danilo Acquisto) shares more about how a chance meeting between the trio just so happened to produce a great song and life-long friendship, and what to expect from them in the future. 

In a celebration of love, unity and queer joy, Danilo Acquisto crosses to Rinaldo Felaar to share more about the theme for this year, which is "Ubuntu - I Am Because You Are", and how people can get their tickets for this magical event.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Matthew Mole has returned with his latest single and music video, “In My Head,” releasing an upbeat, pop-leaning indie-folk offering ahead of his highly anticipated Kirstenbosch concert on Sunday, 8 March. Recorded in a remote cabin in the mountainous, desert region of the Karoo, “In My Head” explores the emotional weight of feeling lost in a world without loved ones. He sits down with Danilo Acquisto and The Hit 30 team to share more about creating the song on his own, in his own, private space, and acoustically performs one of his classics "Take Yours, I'll Take Mine". 

Duane Harden, the legendary vocalist and songwriter whose voice defined the golden era of house music, is back. The artist who rocketed from a software engineering job at UPS to debuting at #1 in the UK with Armand Van Helden’s global smash "You Don't Know Me" is once again embracing technology to revolutionise his craft. Harden has teamed up with Soul Healer, his AI creative partner, to release the groundbreaking album Love Letters To Me. He sits down with Danilo Acquisto to chat about how AI has changed the way he makes music and what people can expect from this coming album. 

South African-born, LA-based producer Vumaala, the stage name of Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist and producer Bubele Booi, officially steps out from behind the scenes with the release of his debut single, Show Me, featuring Ré Alissa. Tara Lee chats to Vumaala about his incredible career, which he says is all about allowing himself "to be seen, not just as a producer, but as an artist creating from a deeply personal place.” 

South African chart-topping singer-songwriter Carli J Myers has released her latest single, "Mood For You", and it’s attracting international attention with well over 250,000 Spotify streams within its first few weeks of release. She chats to Noni Radebe (who stands in for Danilo Acquisto) about creating music after the birth of her child and how it's change her perspective in terms of songwriting and performing.