Even in death, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who, alongside Bob Marley and James Brown, electrified the world with explicitly anti-establishment and unapologetically ghetto-inspired black music, is still making waves. BILLY ODIDI pays tribute to the fallen revolutionary hero on the 12th anniversary of his death:- What do Shawn ‘Jay Z’ Carter and Will Smith have in [...]
PRESS RELEASE Press conference will be held Thursday July 22nd, 2010 Location – MON AMIE RESTAURANT & LOUNGE Address: 4352 Kingston Rd Scarborough, ON M (416) 546-4701 Time: 5-7pm Telephone: (416) 333-8567 Peter and Paul Okoye began their music career while attending St. Murumba College, a small Catholic school located in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. [...]
This year’s O2 African Music Awards (AMAs) is ready to take London by storm with its unique blend of African music and culture. It will be held at Wembley Arena, London on October 15th and looks set to make major strides towards becoming one of Africa’s premier global events. With UNICEF UK as a beneficiary, [...]
AFROFEST is a FREE celebration of African music and culture presented by Music Africa and held annually in Queen’s Park in downtown Toronto. This year the festival takes place on the weekend of Saturday July 10th and Sunday July 11th, the final weekend of Africa’s first World Cup of soccer. Afrofest is a showcase of [...]
After a widely reported miscarriage and several unsuccessful in-vitro fertilization procedures, Quebec chanteuse Celine Dion’s dream of having another child has come true. Dion’s U.S. publicist Kim Jakwerth confirmed to The Canadian Press on Sunday that the singer is 14 weeks pregnant with twins. Jakwerth said Dion and her husband, Rene Angelil, plan to find [...]
Adjust your seat folks and enjoy one of the most sizzling romance gist of the decade. It is authentic; Dapo Daniel Oyenbanjo (a.k.a D’jang) is in hot romance with Nollywood sensation, Genevieve Nnaji. If what we are hearing is something to go by, marriage could be on the romance train for the two hot entertainers [...]
UPDATE: Nigerian juju music star King Sunny Ade & His African Beats have cancelled their entire North American tour, including an April 22 show at the New Orleans House of Blues, an April 23 date at Festival International in Lafayette, and an April 25 performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by [...]
The moment the emcee called out the names of nominees for the Kora African Artiste of The Year 2010, the well-lit auditorium in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Capital went pin-drop silent. Had a piano key been struck at that moment, the 3,000 strong audience would have mistaken it for a cathedral bell. That’s how quiet it [...]
When music pioneer Fela Kuti died in 1997, 1 million mourners turned out for his funeral. His fearless criticism of Nigeria‘s military government made him a hero to the poor of Africa. His unique brand of music, Afrobeat — a blend of jazz, funk and traditional African sounds — helped shape modern hip-hop. Despite his [...]
