“I just want my music to be a blessing.” — Jonathan Butler Born in Cape Town in 1961, Jonathan Butler grew up during apartheid and became one of the first artists of color in South Africa to receive national airplay on white radio. A child prodigy, he was touring by his early teens and later moved to the UK in the early 1980s, and now lives in California. As a guitarist, his tone blends gospel roots, smooth jazz phrasing, and South African melodic sensibility. As a vocalist, his delivery carries