The POWER Business Show: In conversation with Sheer Publishing

by PublishAfrica | Sep 19, 2023 | Downtown Music, Front Page News, Music, News, Team

Noluthando Mthonti-Mlambo speaks to Thando Makhunga, the Managing Director of Sheer Publishing, the largest independent music publisher in Africa and a longstanding advocate for creators’ rights across Africa. Global music company Downtown Music Holdings three years...

Digital Music Companies Band Together to Combat Streaming Fraud With New Task Force

by PublishAfrica | Jul 5, 2023 | Clients, Composers, Downtown Music, Music, News

Several digital music companies, including CD Baby, TuneCore, DistroKid, UnitedMasters, Symphonic, EMPIRE, Downtown and Vydia, along with popular digital service providers Spotify and Amazon Music, have joined forces in a historic alliance called Music Fights Fraud....

Sheer Publishing’s Innovation for Music Industry Growth in SA and Beyond

by PublishAfrica | May 8, 2023 | Clients, Composers, Downtown Music, Events, Team

Sheer Publishing, a subsidiary of Downtown Music Services group hosted an intimate industry gathering, bringing together some of the latest and greatest talents in the music industry in South Africa and globally. At the Sheer Publishing Africa partnered with the...

Downtown/Sheer latest signing Camidoh (Ghana) releases new EP

by PublishAfrica | Jan 26, 2023 | Clients, Composers, Downtown Music, Front Page News, News

Sheer is proud to represent Camidoh. In 2022 Camidoh’s song ‘Sugarcane’ was a global success, spreading his name across the world of social media and beyond. Camidoh has united with Grind Dont Stop (GDS) on their first EP ‘A lifetime is not...

‘The world is ready for African music’ says newly appointed Managing Director at Sheer Publishing, Thando Makhunga

by PublishAfrica | Feb 16, 2022 | Downtown Music, Front Page News, News, Team

Fresh in the hot seat at Sheer Publishing, a subsidiary of Downtown Music Services (DMH), the newly appointed Managing Director, Thando Makhunga, is already stirring the pot. Eager to use her new position to not only grow the global demand for African music but to...

Downtown Acquires Sheer, Africa’s Largest Independent Publisher

by PublishAfrica | Jan 25, 2022 | Downtown Music, Front Page News, News

Downtown Music Holdings announced today that it has acquired South Africa-based Sheer Music Publishing, the largest independent music publisher in Africa. Building on a long-standing relationship between Sheer and Downtown’s eponymous music publishing division, this...