Yolele by Papa Wemba.

He has a golden voice! Congolese he is. I wish i had a voice like him.








 Edwin Wachie

MUSIC LEGEND!!YVONNE CHAKA CHAKA

FROM bubblegum popstar in the 1980's, to talkshow presenter and host in the new millennium, Yvonne Chaka Chaka is an entertainment icon of South Africa and Africa.

Chaka Chaka first hit the South African music charts as a teenager in 1984 with the explosive hit "I'm in Love with a DJ". The disco sounds - shaped by the producer Sello 'Chicco' Twala - built on the mbaqanga roots of urban South African music, but with a synthesized edge and English lyrics. The style soon became known as 'bubblegum", and Yvonne Chaka Chaka (alongside Brenda Fassi) was to remain at its forefront for much of the 1980's.

Her powerful alto vocals were beautifully showcased on her next hit - the 1988 album Umqombothi, with song of the same title. This partying celebration of African sorghum beer was certainly pop, but grooved closer to a mbaqanga bassline, with a singalong chorus which hooked not only South Africans, but much of Africa.

Genre: mbaqanga

By the late 1980's Umqombothi and Yvonne Chaka Chaka were pan African flavours: she toured extensively in Africa, playing stadium concerts in Nigeria, Kenya and Zaire. Aside from the South African exiles, she was South Africa's primary musical icon in Africa, a legacy she still enjoys today.

Inspired in part by her extensive travels on the continent, she shed her disco image, and restyled in African head-dress and fabric, was repositioned as a "Princess of Africa".

During the 1990's, she continued to tour - and sell albums - in almost every sub-saharan country. She has performed for a multitude of African Heads-of-State, including historic occasions accompanying the emergence of the new South Africa. She is a patron of the "Giving and Sharing" project, a campaign of "indigenous giving and philanthropy", and is involved in a variety of fundraising and benefit causes, notably the Orlando Childrens'Home, and HIV work.

She released the album "Yvonne and Friends" late in 2000, which featured guests artists including Tsepo Tshola, formerly of Sankomota.In 2002, she took on the role of radio and tv presenter and talk show host, consolidating her transformation from "Princess of Africa" to that of a leading businesswoman, entertainer and educator. She is married to a Soweto physician, and is mother to four sons.


By Kinoti Moreen

we should all vote for sauti sol in MTV to win for sura yako,as you see African musician are going far.That is a good example of Africa rise up

N.M.K

Tedy Afro- Ethiopian Songstar

In 2001, Teddy Afro released his second album, Abugida. Several tracks quickly caught the ear of many listeners in Ethiopia - "Halieselassie", a tribute to the late Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie I; "Haile, Haile", a single in honor of the Olympic long distance champion Haile Gebrselassie; and "Mona Lisa", a song about the measure of human beauty  courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Afr.o

It is true, Many, Ethiopians ladies are very beautiful while their men are handsome. Why lie? I have been there on different assignments and i almost married one lady 10 years ago. Hahahahahah! majority of them have great skin! Their songs are majorly in Amharic language. I normally listen to the rhythm and the beat notwithstanding the meaning of the song. It ios superb to listen to the beats.

by Edwin Wachie

Juliana Kanyamozi- Sanyu Lyange

This lady is a Tusker Project Fame Judge. Tusker is a project that attracts very much interest all over the East African countries. She is a Ugandan by nationality and says that she inherited her good skin from her mother whose face and body do not correspond to her real age. She does exercises in the morning and eats well thus leaves a stress free life. 








Edwin Wachie

"DOC SHEBELEZA" by Cassper Nyovest review

"Doc Shebeleza" is the second official single from Cassper Nyovest's debut LP Tsholofelo. The song is a tribute to South African Kwaito veteran, Doc Shebeleza. It debuted at number 4 on South Africa's official music chart.
Before its release, Doc Shebeleza was teased a couple of times at live performances. It was made available for free downloads and has been downloaded over 200,000 times.^[2] The song peaked at number 1 on the 5FM Top 40 chart.
This is a very high energy track on a trap beat that will definitely get you up from where you are sitted. It is a very hype song with a very catchy chorus that will make you to sing along to it I find myself singing to it every time.
The music video was a hit both on MTV and channel O. It features cameos from Doc Shebeleza, iFani, Slikour, L-Tido, HHP, Smashis, Riky Rick, Maggz, Blayze, DJ Switch, Major League DJz and Sean Craig Beats
Just in august this year the song's rights were sold to Dstv who are using it in their "Feel every moment campaign'' This includes an advertisement that embodies the song.
Cassper recently admitted to be working with Talib Kweli for the remix of the song which i myself is anticipating for and am sure all hiphop and african music fans are also..
Thanks for your view
                                                                                                                                            M.C.Kimani

Kalekye -I am okay

The song doesn't to fail to deliver on originality and purpose.However you can not  help to feel like something more could have been done on the storyline and that the general ambiance is jovial other than the intended

 You cannot possibly have a problem with the mellow chorus in the song and how Kalekye blends into it effortlessly.It is one of those parts of the song done so well that you find yourself naturally humming to it.

The only place that  you would not agree with the producers of the song is the story in the song which according agreeably would have given this song a whole new African Touch which is the only acclivity the song faces.

You can't help but wonder why the character in the Kalekye wasn't troubled enough so that when she tells us that we shall be okay,we shall be able to directly relate instead of looking for reason to associate  to the message in her song.

She is okay

The need for creativity was more emphasized at the expense of communicating and supporting the song.Why can't we have her or other different characters in the song thrown to different scenarios and circumstances for richness of content and emphasis of purpose?

I would have loved if the song writer drew inspiration from 'Pharrel Williams Happy' and focus on how he uses a variety of scenarios to focus on being happy.

The song though would be an African Masterpiece if the story is worked on again.

Here is the song

For the beautiful voices in the chorus and how she has managed to twitch her voice  to blend in with the standard close to level tempo of the song,she will receive a fair three stars.

Elijah Charles Kiage