Kyle Shepherd has been played on NTS in shows including Patrick Forge, featured first on 31 October 2021. Songs played include Cry Of The Lonely and Dazuifu - Cry of the Lonely - Desert Monk II - Zikr.

Shepherd, born in Cape Town, South Africa on 8 July 1987, is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s most accomplished young jazz pianists and composers. He started his musical journey at the age of five (5) on classical violin. However, at the age of fifteen (15) (which was also around the time his love for Jazz and improvised music was growing); Shepherd discovered that he…