In the early 20th century, when port cities in West Africa thrived, a new indigenous style of music known as palm wine music emerged from the waters. What started out as a form of entertainment […]

This week, three shades of gqom, women reggae artists take their righful place, sweet Nigerian beats, the new thing coming from Kenyan and reggae meets hip-hop.

Back from their first headline tour, The Cavemen. recount how they revived one of West Africa’s favorite genres, highlife, for the next generation of listeners.

The Nigerian music industry, facing the reality of the pandemic, has turned virtual. The digital world is busy as ever as TikTok challenges and Instagram Lives begin to take the place of traditional video. That […]

April was a big month for music videos in Nigeria. We’ve sifted through the best with TG OMORI leading the charge, followed nicely by one of Africa’s leading divas. Jump into the audiovisual world of a future Lagos, where the clips are as contagious as the sound.

Every week, we highlight the best music videos that came across our desks, which you can also find in our Songs of the Week playlist on Spotify and Deezer.  This week selections: Onipa, Show Dem Camp, Buju and Burna Boy, Sauti […]

Funbi’s music is the expression of his environment, emotions and social backgrounds, it is deeper than just lyrics. Funbi’s debut EP, Serenade is an unconventional and brilliant coupe to the mainstream sounds in Nigeria. He closed 2018 with […]

When MI Abaga rapped ‘SA rappers out here killing y’all’, it was a means of expressing frustration at the decline of rap in the Nigerian music industry. Article wrote in 2019 April. Off MI Abaga’s Rendezvous playlist, […]