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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.

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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 duo Saundi Brothers, who are linked to the Congregational Evangelic Church of the central Huambo Province, will release on the first fortnight of April in this city their second CD entitled "Prontos para servir". (AllAfrica)

Mfon Umana is a name to be reckoned within Jazz music circles in Nigeria. The multi-linguist has had a robust music sojourn in the Republic of Benin and the United Arabs Emirate. She tells Reporter, Ovwe Medeme, in this interview that she found happiness and peace of mind in music. Excerpts: (AllAfrica)

IT was a black week for Zimbabwe's entertainment industry. (AllAfrica)

The Mtukudzi and Chimhare families yesterday received US$5 000 each donated by President Mugabe following the deaths of their sons Sam and Owen in a tragic car crash on Monday. (AllAfrica)

The Zimbabwe Music Awards has made a comeback after a two-year absence. (AllAfrica)

THE annual apostolic choral music concert opens tomorrow in the Harare Gardens. (AllAfrica)

Few Ugandan albums have been better titled than lawyer Oscar Kihika's first, his jazz album Introspections. Introspections is inward turning, showing a side of the former Uganda Law Society president few outside his immediate family up to now have had a chance to witness. (AllAfrica)

TIRED of hopping from one studio to another trying to record their music and only to be turned down, two musicians have decided to start their own studio. (AllAfrica)

People from all walks of life on Tuesday expressed shock and disbelief over the tragic death of musician Sam Munyaradzi Mtukudzi. (AllAfrica)

There are a few problems that face the organisations of the workers, the practitioners or employees in the music and journalism sectors all of which have a home in the entertainment industry. (AllAfrica)

There is a trend that has started elsewhere in the world, and is spreading worldwide, that embraces the approach that Art and Music Education must start with Early Childhood Education (ECE). Issues will now consider some of that debate. ECE is very important as it both challenges the current received truth in Botswana that ECE can be deferred, delayed, put on hold; the claim that it does not deserve a priority. (AllAfrica)

The issues of life in Nigeria, especially as they affect the commoner have now secured the inventive support of the art world. In the past, the late king of Afrobeat, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, through music tried to draw the attention of the government and even the global community to the ever increasing rate of issues like water supply, bad roads and indeed bad government in the society. (AllAfrica)

It is no longer news that Nigeria Intellectual Property owners have lost millions of Naira on yearly basis through piracy, denying most artists their royalties. But what has surprised most Nigerians is the seemingly reluctance on the part of the regulatory agencies to stop this economic sabotage, with many musicians accusing NCC of ineptitude. (AllAfrica)

The album has popular Afro-Pop songs like Koloi, sung in wedding ceremonies. All the 12 tracks are celebration songs and would do well if used in a wedding celebration or a party. (AllAfrica)

SAM MTUKUDZI, who died in a car crash on Monday morning just outside Harare, was to his father a bright spark when his fortunes were at an all-time low and his death represents the demise of a whole generation. (AllAfrica)

SAM MTUKUDZI and his friend Owen Chimhare, who were killed in a road accident on Monday morning, will be buried today at Warren Hills Cemetery at 2pm. (AllAfrica)

PROMINENT musician Leonard Zhakata has been featured on a gospel album by upcoming gospel artiste Tauya Murisa. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Mugabe has said the deaths of Sam Mtukudzi and Owen Chimhare robbed Zimbabwe of two young men of great promise in the music industry. (AllAfrica)

There are a few problems that face the organisations of the workers, the practitioners or employees in the music and journalism sectors all of which have a home in the entertainment industry. (AllAfrica)

Angolan singer, Matias Damásio, is being honoured Tuesday in Salvador, Brazil, for his participation in this year's edition of Bahia carnival. (AllAfrica)

The Angolan r&b singer Paul G is among the semi-finalists for the 2010 edition of the Kora Awards, competing for the Best Singer of Southern Africa, whose winners will be announced on April 4, in Ouagadougu City, Burkina Faso. (AllAfrica)

The music band from southern Huíla Province "Vozes da Leba"intend to launch in April, in Lubango City, their debut album comprising eight tracks sung in Portuguese and Creole, ANGOP has learnt. (AllAfrica)

Basically, music is a veritable tool of entertaining people. It is a soothing balm to calm the nerves of people when they are dejected. It also serves as weapon to correct societal ills like was used by the late King of Afro Beat, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. (AllAfrica)

Sam Mtukudzi, the son of legendary music icon Oliver Mtukudzi, died in a car crash in the early hours of Monday morning. (AllAfrica)

In the past few weeks, the phrase "Nzou nemhuru mudanga" (The elephant and its calf in the pen) dominated entertainment circles. (AllAfrica)

Music does more than entertaining the masses. It employs people and passes on life changing skills. (AllAfrica)

A group of young mountain climbers from the United Kingdom may have been placed in the Guiness Book of Records after playing music on top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. (AllAfrica)

THE African Entertainment Society of Iringa will coordinate the Inter-University Music Festival Competition 2010, of which three universities in Iringa town will be participants. (AllAfrica)

IT took one group's courage for the choral music genre that has become known as Vapostori music to be recognised. It was never imagined that this type of music would one day steal the limelight from the established genres in the country. But Vabati VaJehovah persevered through trials and tribulations to record the first ever "Vapostori" music album at the turn of the millennium and now this type of music has become widespread. (AllAfrica)

Angolan rapper Everest pseudonym of Ireneu Miguel Vilombo has said his debut album entitled "Sentido Único" has enough quality to win the country's market. (AllAfrica)

The Angolan singer João Domingos Saldanha da Silva will release on 27 March his debut gospel CD entitled "Jesus Amigo", at Luanda's Independence Square. Speaking to Angop on Saturday, João Domingos explained that the CD comprises 13 tracks produced by L.S Produções and recorded by "Solar Produções". (AllAfrica)

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