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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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INTERNATIONAL music star Akon finally flew into the country late last night for the long-awaited show at Lugogo Cricket Oval tonight. (AllAfrica)

AFTER thrilling fans at the recent Chimanimani Arts Festival, the musical group Bongo Love will embark on a four-month tour of the USA starting on May 18. (AllAfrica)

The University of Namibia choir has come up with a musical play through which it will showcase Namibia's traditional culture at an international festival in Germany which starts on May 13. (AllAfrica)

IN a unique lap of elegance, she appeared on a dimly lit stage and threw a tentative greeting to an audience she was meeting for the first time in her fledging music career. (AllAfrica)

THOUGH in essence primarily contributing to the already established and over-saturated Namibian music industry, the Cell One Road to Fame is now fast nearing its conclusion. (AllAfrica)

Ugandans welcomed back Hellen Lukoma and Brenda Nambi onto the big stage shortly after they had left Obsessions. The girls have come together under the name HB Toxic, with HB standing for their initials. (AllAfrica)

Multiple award winning Christian worship artiste Chris Tomlin will be in Kampala at the end of May, according to the artiste's website christomlin.com. Tomlin will be part of the Passion Kampala concert that will be held at Makerere University on May 30 and 31. (AllAfrica)

Steven Kiggundu a.k.a Kid Fox has mostly been flying beneath the radar, never getting the musical attention he deserves, but his concert tomorrow night at Steak Out should change all that. He has departed from the norm of artistes packing six songs onto a CD and using an album launch as an excuse for a concert. (AllAfrica)

THEYwere tipped by music pundits as one of the groups to watch out for this year. Tonight, Viva Stars will launch their first album, Koona Endongo, in a grand do at Theatre La Bonita and at Sese Gateway Beach in Entebbe on Sunday. (AllAfrica)

THE revolution of local hip hop (Lugaflow) might be causing ripples in the western world with ambassadors Babaluku and Krazy Native, Uganda's worthy ambassadors. (AllAfrica)

WHEN sponsors pulled out of P-Square's Do Me Concert after ethics and integrity minister Dr. James Nsaba Butuuro accused corporate companies of promoting immorality, many spelt doom for Junior Kazoora, the event organiser. (AllAfrica)

WHEN the Obsessions released Nod Your Head, their first album in 2004, they hit their share of brick walls in the studio. They were poor singers. (AllAfrica)

WHO knew Kid Fox would finally make it big? That is the question PAM Awards nominee, Stephen Kiggundu, aka, Kid Fox, asks himself in Ezinunula, one of his latest hits. (AllAfrica)

AFTER weeks of watching tortured souls trying to sing themselves to fame in seven different countries, the real thing is finally here. Last Sunday on M-Net, we watched the first batch of six of the Top 24 perform on stage as the Idols East Africa reality show kicked off in high gear. And boy, were there surprises. (AllAfrica)

IN 1994, the former South African President Nelson Mandela asked whether it was possible for the people to forgive and survive. (AllAfrica)

At 62, Mr Wilson Omutere Ongaro, popularly known as Sukuma bin Ongaro, is still going strong in the music industry. (AllAfrica)

The season of international music concerts at the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi has been shaping up. First it was 3MA, a charming musical trio that expressed their imaginations through poetic lyrics escorted by stringed instruments from Mali, Morocco and Madagascar. (AllAfrica)

The name Ginger Emmanuel Kamdem Forcha might not be easily remembered in Cameroon now. (AllAfrica)

The second music show dubbed "Step Road Blue Show" will be held next Saturday in Lubango City, southern Huila Province, promoted by the company Step Produções, ANGOP has learnt. (AllAfrica)

THE crass philistinism of the 2008 MTN South African Music Awards (Sama) nominations was exceeded only by the crass predictability of both last weekend's event (overdressed MCs largely talking nonsense) and the winners. If there was an overall star, it was the highly marketable Freshlyground, whose Macheri won Album of the Year, Best Adult Contemporary English and Best Group. (AllAfrica)

One of Rwanda's up coming musicians, James Nzibavuga, aka Rocks James is taking a slow and firm stand into his musical career. (AllAfrica)

THE air reverberated with his melodious voice filling the packed conference room. His music was used the world over as a rallying point for a return to peace in a country that had turned into a monster state baying for its own people's blood. (AllAfrica)

The biggest and more rewarding prizes ever in a talent hunt in the Ghana are set to be given out to winners when the new TV reality show, "SOUL SEARCH" hits the screens. The launch of "SOUL SEARCH" took place last Tuesday at the International Press Centre. (AllAfrica)

The Angolan musician Konde performs this Wednesday at Casa70 cultural centre, in Luanda, as his first appearance on the stage of this entertainment venue, which has had several renowned national and international artists on top of its bill. (AllAfrica)

A group of youths from the Abu Bakar Sidique Mosque at Kissy, east of Freetown have won the highest prize offered at a peace singing competition organized by the Iranian Cultural Consulate on March 3. (AllAfrica)

Freshly Ground put up a fine finish to one of the sold-out concerts at the just-ended Harare International Festival of the Arts' Main Stage on Lion Larger Day. (AllAfrica)

Richard Bona has been recognized as one of the planet's five revelations of the past decade. A complete artist, an absolute master of his art, and a melodist of rare elegance and sensuality, he's also a poignant singer, and a member of that exclusive club, "the world's best bassists." - Verve Records (AllAfrica)

In the local music scene, Papy John is a familiar face behind the keyboards. Yet he is also a singer in his own right, and a writer. Although he advises talented young people to be passionate about music, he sometimes feels frustrated because of music piracy, and the bad image people have of musicians. "People should give music the respect it deserves," he says. (AllAfrica)

Executive president of the New Harvest Ministries has returned home from the United States of America with a VS 2000 digital recording studio work station to be set up in Bo district, southern Sierra Leone. (AllAfrica)

CELTEL Uganda is to incur almost double the cost of the Akon concert that has been postponed. The concert, which was slated for last Friday at the Lugogo Cricket Oval, has been postponed to May 9 because the Senegalese-American musician suffered from a sore throat. (AllAfrica)

IS it just me or is Scar trying too hard? Then again, I could be wrong, there's probably an Idols handbook some place that says that the competition cannot work unless one of the judges is a certified pain in the neck. It's like he picked up a manual titled, How To Be Me, by Simon Cowell, and only picked up one thing: the title. (AllAfrica)

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