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Ivory Coast's Sur-Choc now available after appearing in FIFA Street soundtrack

Some may question why most define East African music in terms of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania but the reason is because of the three countries’ colonial roots and how since the 60s artists have been sharing their artistic abilities across the three borders.

Coco Mbassi releases a Live Tour DVD!!!!

A stone's throw away from the Empire State Building, The Yankees, Madison Square Garden, Broadway and Lincoln Center, the greatest collection of steelbands outside of the birth place of the art form (Trinidad and Tobago) exists and thrives. Pan in New York CD series captures the best.

Dr. Djobi propels the rhythm on "Skin" - the new CD by Mecca Bodega.

Nomadic Sounds is a series of music specials bringing you the best of
the world's undiscovered and underground sounds from around the Globe

After years of being in the background of what is considered African music, the Afro-Urban phenomenal has taken root in East Africa.

Adjiri Odametey is a musician from Ghana who plays atmospherically compact and compositionally sophisticated world music. The music is captivates through the natural ability of Adjiri Odametey to combine the stylistic impulses of West Africa in his compositions. He transforms his traditional roots into an individual sound environment with virtuosity.

Reine Pelagie, after a number years ansence from the stage and world of music, is making a comeback in Abidjan,the capitol of her native country Côte d'Ivoire.

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The Angolan musician Matias Damásio on Sunday, in Luanda, sold 9,000 out of the 10,000 copies edited by MG Produções of his latest album, at the public presentation and autographs session held by the gate of Atlântico Cinema, in Luanda. (AllAfrica)

The vocalist of the Cuban all-female band "Caramelo Son", Danaisis Carrillo, said Saturday evening, in Luanda, that she felt absolutely delighted at the Angolan people's active participation in the concert of solidarity to the victims of the hurricanes that recently hit her country. (AllAfrica)

If there is a God up there interested in saving souls of those who have sacrificed their fellow housemates to save themselves, then he should come to the rescue of Takondwa. For apart from divine intervention, TK is sure going to face the housemates' wrath, come this evening. (AllAfrica)

I'm Nubian and one of the grandchildren of the late Idi Amin Dada. My name is Ugly, Abbass Amin told Dennis D. Muhumuza (AllAfrica)

A socio-political group based in Owerri, the Imo Democratic Congress (IDC), has condemned in strong terms Imo State government sponsorship of one year anniversary concert held in honour of Italian musician, Signor Pavarotti, an event which held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja penultimate week. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE Music Awards have scrapped the Chimurenga music category and replaced it with the socially conscious lyrics category, an official said last week. (AllAfrica)

Eric Moyo, the East and Southern Africa Idols winner is in South Africa recording his debut album with SonyBMG. (AllAfrica)

Quo Vadis Music and Entertainment, fast rising music star Osho, is out with a smash single,titled Mind blower {Yanga Dem}. This single is indeed blowing minds of musical lovers in Nigeria and in the United kingdom. Osho is being managed in the UK,by Drew management UK, run by one of the top Nigerian promoter in the UK, Drew Uyi Ogboimode, who currently manages Faze and a host of other big artiste in the UK. (AllAfrica)

Singer Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine's much-touted music fete was on Friday night ended prematurely after police halted any further performances on the orders of the Division Police Commander Jinja road police station, Joel Aguma. (AllAfrica)

Nemo Judy isn't a name well known on the local music scene but having listened to her music; you will realise that there is something distinctive about her voice. (AllAfrica)

It was a moment of excitement and merriment in the MTN Project Fame Academy as the entire academy talents as well as the Principal of the faculty Joke Sylva gathered round to celebrate the birthday of Brenda Johnson, one of the Xtracool talents in the academy. The merriment which came as a pleasant surprise to the birthday lady from Sierra-Leone was an evidence of the level of friendly inter relationship among the 15 talents in the academy. (AllAfrica)

The scene is 1977 in Lagos, Nigeria. Film projections show people racing frantically to escape the hundreds of troops who have surrounded and invaded the Kalakuta Republic, the communal living space and recording studio of musician-songwriter Fela Anikulapo Kuti. (AllAfrica)

When a DStv viewer in Botswana tells you she would do anything to watch Peter Miles perform live, it suggests Uganda has made a real impact on this continent in the field of entertainment. (AllAfrica)

The female orchestra of Cuba "Caramelo Son" Saturday in Luanda enlivened the show attended by about 3,000 fans at "Atlântico" cinema to express solidarity with the victims of the storms in Cuba. (AllAfrica)

Maya Cool won the 2008 edition of the yearly national top-ten music contest Friday in Luanda, with the song "Ti Paciência". (AllAfrica)

The director general of the State-run Rádio Nacional de Angola (RNA) broadcasting station, Eduardo Magalhães, Friday in Luanda considered the award of the "Top dos Mais Queridos" top ten music contest to Maya Cool as fair. (AllAfrica)

The minister of Culture, Rosa Cruz e Silva, said Friday in Luanda that the "Top dos Mais Queridos" top-ten music contest is an exercise of promotion of the Angolan music. (AllAfrica)

THE first recognition came from Southern Sudan back in 2005, when the president, Salvar Kiir himself, handed Loketo Lee a Peace Award for his contribution, through his music, to the country's peace process. (AllAfrica)

SHE was meant to start the worship session at 7:00pm. By 5:00pm, the queue of fans waiting to be admitted to the KPC main auditorium was overflowing onto Bombo Road and by 6:00pm, there was hardly any hope of getting seating space. (AllAfrica)

Angolan singer Filipe Mukenga this Friday here said that the musical career in Angola does not offer guarantee of sustainability to its followers. (AllAfrica)

SEVEN years since Bobi Wine dropped his first hit, Kagoma, the self-proclaimed ghetto president is still churning out hits, still in the public eye, and still filling venues. (AllAfrica)

SYLVER Kyagulanyi is one of the most obscure Ugandan celebrities. He rarely performs at concerts and is an equally rare sight in discothèques. However, this is the total opposite of his musical career. (AllAfrica)

Named after the Queen Sheba, the famed empress of Ethiopia herself, I musically introduce to you Ethiopia’s very own Sheba Sahlemariam, a singer, songwriter, arranger, and producer. (africahit.com)

DJ ANUSA - the musician behind the popular hit track and video Ice Lolo - was a fortnight ago arrested on allegations of pirating a video by upcoming gospel musician, Shephered Shamu. (AllAfrica)

This weekend the Southern African Church Organists' Association (Namibia branch) will host an annual general conference of the organists' association in the capital. (AllAfrica)

The Old Mutual Jazz Encounter was billed to start just after 19h00 and by that time not a single parking space on Robert Mugabe Avenue from the Christkirche all the way southwards down the avenue was vacant, with the early birds having taken it all. (AllAfrica)

Ras Levi of Brand Nu Day fame is ready to launch his first full length CD. (AllAfrica)

Celebrated jazz stars Miriam Makeba and Oliver Mtukudzi will be performing at the Warid Kampala International Jazz Festival (AllAfrica)

Singing about politicians pays, at least according to Loketo Lee. The karate champ turned singer first sang about former northern Uganda minister Betty Bigombe, in Bigombe, which won him a PAM Award for Best Artiste from northern Uganda in 2005. (AllAfrica)

The Zamani musical concept is simple; get contemporary artistes deliver songs- this time not with a pre - recorded instrumental CD as back up, but with a live band complete with backup singers. (AllAfrica)

Districts of southern Huíla province this Thursday started selecting the representatives to the provincial phase of the Angolan "Variante 2008" popular music contest. (AllAfrica)

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