Day: 09/12/2021

[Cameroon Tribune] The peculiarly-clad young crooner shot into instant fame in 2020 through her video of Witty Minstrel’s award-winning song, “Be Proud!” By ingeniously adding lyrics, colour, sights and sounds from her rich cultural roots.

Malaysian rapper Zamaera has released her first new music as an independent artist, a highly-anticipated 11-track mixtape called ‘Heart Break To Heal’. The mixtape, which can be purchased via Zamaera’s website, contains 11 brand new tracks with six written and sung in English and four in Bahasa Malaysia as well as an interlude. Buyers will […]

[Nairobi News] Sauti Sol singer Chimano has announced his second single hit will be ready in January.

[Vanguard] Scion of the globally celebrated Fela Anikulapo-Kuti family, Seun Kuti has reaffirmed the potency of indigenous African music in the face of the mounting negativity of neo-imperialism, or what is described as ‘second slavery,’ just as he lauded his late father’s courageous attempts at mobilizing the masses at the grassroots in what is regarded […]

Robbie Shakespeare, one half of duo Sly and Robbie, has passed away. He was 68 years old. It’s been reported by The Jamaica Gleaner that Shakespeare had recently undergone surgery related to his kidneys. The Jamaican artist was hospitalised in Florida. Shakespeare, an iconic bassist, formed Sly and Robbie with drummer Sly Dunbar in the mid-70s […]

Genre movies have been Mikhail Red’s preferred playground ever since the Filipino director was a teenager with a camcorder, self-producing zombie movies and using ketchup for blood. His latest is Arisaka, a Western thriller premiering on Netflix today (December 9) and Red’s latest step to realising a career-long vision: that of the intelligent genre piece […]

The release date for Pixies‘ new box set, ‘Live In Brixton’ has been pushed back. READ MORE: Pixies’ Joey Santiago on playing with Pearl Jam, new music and Ian Brown’s conspiracy theories The eight-disc collection, which will come in both vinyl and CD formats, documents all four of the legendary band’s sold-out reunion shows, which took […]

Mystic Story, a subsidiary label of K-pop powerhouse S.M. Entertainment, recently revealed its first girl group, Billlie, in early November. The six-piece act — consisting of four South Korean members, Moon Sua, Suhyeon, Haram and Siyoon, and two Japanese, Tsuki and Haruna — was introduced to the K-pop scene launching their first EP “The Billage […]

You may have heard his tag on your favorite afrobeats hits, it’s so catchy that producers from other parts of the world have attempted to steal it. Kaduna-bred star hitmaker LONDON is known for his futuristic and innovative fresh take on afrobeats. With bangers like “Gyrate” by Wizkid, “Koroba” by Tiwa Savage and “Soundgasm” by […]