Michael Olatuja takes time to ‘Speak’
Michael Olatuja is no stranger to the stage. He has been performing for years and has played with Stevie Wonder, Lisa Stansfield, Chaka Khan, Patti Austin, Terence Blanchard, The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, and The Lighthouse Family, to name a few.
Siji: The making’s of “Yearning For Home”
“Yearning for Home” is a deliciously blended samba taken from the Nigerian-born, Siji’s sophomore album, ‘ADESIJI’. The single profoundly speaks for itself and, as one who is far away from home, I immediately fell in love with the song, as every line in the song took me miles away and had me reminiscing about the land that birthed me.
ReCreation - Zap Mama’s New Album
Zap Mama wants to send us on a vacation…even if it is only in our minds. Her new album, ReCreation, features, among others, actor Vincent Cassel, Bilal and G. Love and offers up some spicy Brazilian rhythms. Performed in unique Zap Mama style, the album lives up to the unique style that makes Zap Mama.
Oran Etkin - Bridging Bamako and Brooklyn
Oran Etkin, a native of New York, brings together elements of modern jazz with traditional African and Israeli music and features Malian, Israeli, and American musicians. The notables are vocalist Abdoulaye Diabate, and Grammy Award-winning artists Lionel Loueke and John Benitez who are on a collection of eleven tracks that pay true testament to the essence of “kelenia,” the Bambara word for love between people who are different from each other.
K’NAAN: The road to Troubadour
Allow me to present to you the top 5 single’s from K’naan’s new album, “Troubadour” in stores now! It is already creating big waves worldwide. ‘Troubadour’ is an album filled with organic songs, painting realistic pictures from a mind traveller’s point of view.
Cloud Tissa: ‘Physically Fit’
Name: Cloud Tissa
Album: “Physically Fit”
Features: Nameless, Wyre, Risasi, c.I.d and Didier Uwayo
Produced by: Robert “rkay” Kamanzi, Julian Hruza and Eric Musyoka » Read more…
Jonathan Butler: From Jazz to Gospel
Jonathan Butler is a born and brewed South African Grammy award nominee and an internationally acclaimed artist whose music has weaved hope and faith, inspiring fans all over the world.
Carol Atemi: “Speechless”
‘Speechless‘, in more ways than one, is the perfect title for this album that left me speechless after my one-on-one session with it. Ms. Carol Atemi, a neo-soul/afro-soul artist whose current album, ‘Speechless‘, spoke volumes to my soul, is a Kenyan daughter with a flirtatious, divalicious voice that carries lyrics intertwined between the Swahili and English language.
Sira - Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetze
Volker Goetze is a musician and filmaker who has toured West Africa, Europe and Asia. He has worked with many international artists, and has collaborated with Ablaye Cissoko, a master Kora-player and singer from Senegal. What do you get when you team two world class musicians? You get the album, Sira.
WAYNA: “DayDream”
Happy New year fellow sons and daughters, I trust every soul alive is eager as I am about the new year as the Jamati family will again carry us through, bringing us the hottest and the latest African news that we’ve got to get in tune with in 2009.
Akon: Freedom
The anticipated album, ‘Freedom‘ is now in stores and, in it’s first week out, the Senegalese entrepreneur and multi-platinum selling artist has done it again, claiming number one spots on music charts and radio stations with his story-telling album. It features tracks like ‘Beautiful’, ‘Keep You Much Longer‘, ‘We Don’t Care‘ , ‘I’m Paid‘, and ‘Freedom’ etc.
African Events Calendar
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August 6, 2009
Korto Momolu Presents Fall Collection : Charlotte, NC
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July 18, 2009
Concert Celebrating Nelson Mandela’s 91st Birthday: New York, NY
USA - North East
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July 16, 2009
Celebrate Ethiopia @ Lincoln Theatre: Washington, DC
USA - North East
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July 10, 2009
Miss South Sudan Beauty Pageant: Washington, DC
USA - North East
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