A few weeks ago, on learning that Vivian Green will be coming to Nairobi for a show, someone asked me a rather interesting question. “Are you not writing about Vivian Green coming to Kenya?…
Music Reviews
TwendeLELE2: Live With The Band
Last Saturday was full of surprises and promise not just in the way that the sun shone overhead, not too hot and not absent either, just right. That carried with it a…
ALBUM REVIEW: MAIA VON LEKOW
ALBUM REVIEW: MAIA VON LEKOW by Maia Von Lekow As she stood in front of that microphoneProjecting her voice out moreMelodiously flirting with my earsI begged my creator to slow down timeThat…
Fena Gitu; A new Fenamenal Sound in Nairobi
“Have you ever felt down down in your soul, you don’t know what to do, you don’t know where to go“ That is the first verse of the song ‘Down’ by Fena Gitu or Fena_Menal as her…
The Maurice Kirya Experience ‘Misubbaawa’
After his name was announced as this year’s RFI Music Award winner, Maurice Kirya has proved that he has indeed come of age. Yet, despite beating another little known Kenyan artist, Winyo, Kirya is also…
Spotlight Artists – Nneka & Ayo
Ayo (Joy in Yoruba)As I was surfing through channels(bored as hell) I came across a video by Ayo, ‘Down on my Knees’. Well, my hands froze on the remote as I became enchanted…
Neo soul weekend: Crazy by Javier
Crazy by JavierI first heard this song on Capitalfm, that was like 2 years ago. Upto this day, it still gives me goosebumps.The lyrics though so simple manage to make me abit…