Freshlyground is a 7-piece ensemble with diverse cultural and musical backgrounds from South Africa. Their genre of music is Afro-fusion and is influenced by Afro-pop, jazz, classical and contemporary ‘urban’ music. They have been together since April 2002 and their debut album, 'Jika Jika' came out in 2003. The band is made up of Zolani Mahola (vocals, acoustic guitar), Josh Hawks (bass guitar, vocals), Aron Turest-Swartz (keyboards, vocals, percussion), Kyla-Rose Smith (violin), Simon Attwell (flute, mbira, harmonica), Justin Tonkin (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, saz) and Peter Cohen (drums)
Some of their hit songs include I am the man, Castles in the sky , Feels like Sunday and Zithande.

Some of their songs include Mowbray kaap, Desire, Ma'cheri, Ask me, Baby tonight, Manyana, Vanish, Zithande, Father please, Butter cup, I am the man, Zipho phezulu, Ocean floor, Train love, Castles in the sky, Feels like Sunday, etc