With only a week to go to this year’s first Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert featuring Salif Keita, we are giving […]
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Is Salif Keita the best choice for the August Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert?
The writer posing with Salif Keita during his 2010 concert at the Carnivore in Kenya Safaricom has finally announced the main act for this year’s series of Safaricom Jazz Festival concerts happening…
Why African Artists should snub the BET Awards
Ghanian artist Stonebwoy won the BET 2015 Awards Best international Act; Africa Although BET stands for Black Entertainment Television with the awards aimed at recognizing and awarding the best in Black entertainment,…
Who will replace John Legend at finale of Coke Studio Africa Season Three, My Wish list
Some of the artists that have appeard on the Coke Studio Africa Show Coke Studio Africa, a concept by the Coca- Cola company that brings together different established artists for collaborations is…
After Davido’s 30 min Concert, Is it Time for Kenyans to Support their own Artists
Davido is American-born Nigerian recording artist, performer and record producer One of Nigeria’s Afrobeats popular artist Davido was in the country over the weekend for a live concert at the Carnivore grounds,…
Naomi Wachira to perform alongside Suzanna Awiyo live at the Elephant on 27th March
SUzanna Owiyo and Naomi Wachira live at the Elephant My love for Naomi Wachira is like a sneeze, I couldn’t hold it in when I first heard ‘African Girl’. Right then, I…
Eclectic AfroSoul Kenyan Band Lele Ngoma to hold concert on 3rd April at MJ Center
Lele Ngoma – A Kenyan Eclectic Afro Soul Band What does it mean to be eclectic, soulful or even African? Lele Ngoma the band has put together a live musical expression of…
Spell Cast Media inspiring High School students into Afrocentric Musicals & the Arts
At the start of this month, I attended the inauguration of the 5th American Corner, a resource center setup by the US Embassy in Kenya at the Moi University Nairobi Campus. The…
Just who is Patoh Njuguna the man behind the hit single Disco?
Patoh Njuguna of the hit single Disco. He has collaborated with Eric Wainaina and Frasha of P-Unit Every once in a while, when you feel you have listened to all the new…
Swiss Based Mali Afro-soul Singer Thais Diarra for a Kenyan Tour
Afro-Soul Musician Thais Diarra Whereas a lot Afro-soul artists are known to come from either Nigeria, Ghana or from East and Southern Africa, that is now changing. Afro-Soul is also becoming a…