07 Feb 2023Zim: 2023 NAMAs announce nomineesThe nominees for the 2023 National Arts Merit Awards (NAMAs) in Zimbabwe have been announced ahead...By Ano Shumba Like 51Share to newsfeed
07 Feb 2023Call for applications: Music grants for Arab artistsArab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) is inviting Arab artists to submit applications for music...By Ano Shumba Like 49Share to newsfeed
07 Feb 2023Call for applications: 2023 Blue Ox Music Festival virtual...Blue Ox Music Festival in the US is inviting bluegrass, Americana and folk singers – or any other...By Ano Shumba Like 61Share to newsfeed
07 Feb 2023Kenya’s Xenia Manasseh named Spotify EQUAL Africa artist...Kenyan singer Xenia Manasseh has been named as Spotify’s EQUAL Africa artist for February.By Peter Choge Like 19Share to newsfeed
06 Feb 2023SA: Goethe-Institut announces 2023 GPS recipientsGoethe-Institut in Johannesburg has announced the recipients of its 2023 Goethe Project Space (GPS...By Ano Shumba Like 109Share to newsfeed
06 Feb 2023Prince Claus Fund announces Building Beyond Mentorship...The Prince Claus Fund, in partnership with the Creative Industries Fund in the Netherlands, has...By Ano Shumba Like 113Share to newsfeed
06 Feb 2023SA: Winners announced for 2023 Backing Vocalists and...The winners for the 2023 Backing Vocalists and Session Musicians (BVSM) Awards in South Africa were...By Ano Shumba Like 120Share to newsfeed
06 Feb 2023Call for applications: BELEM translations or adaptationsPublishers and songwriters are invited to submit applications for translations and adaptations...By Ano Shumba Like 112Share to newsfeed
27 Jan 2023Sarkodie resurrects Bob Marley with Stir It Up remakeIt may not be their most popular technique, but those whom the music gods want to immortalise, they...By Gabriel Myers Hansen Like 770Share to newsfeed
21 Dec 2022Muyiwa Kunnuji’s intricate notes survey state of world on...On his second collection (A.P.P) Accumulation of Profit and Power , Fela Kuti ’s former Egypt 80...By Mayuyuka Kaunda Like 2846Share to newsfeed
11 Nov 2022Fa Me Saa: Kwabena Kwabena fuses Ghana’s old and present...Ghanaian singer-songwriter Kwabena Kwabena swears by highlife, the West African art form which...By Gabriel Myers Hansen Like 703Share to newsfeed
08 Nov 2022Made For Us: Harmonize proves he is master songsmith once...By Charles Maganga When he released his sophomore album in November 2021, many thought Harmonize...By In-house East Africa Like 779Share to newsfeed
20 Oct 2022Album review: Black Sherif’s The Villian I Never Was Ghanaian music has never known a story quite like that of Black Sherif . The demure 20 year old’s...By Gabriel Myers Hansen Like 975Share to newsfeed
06 Oct 2022Kyekyeku’s Funky Pangolin is an unrelenting highlife...Amid all the Afrobeats frenzy, Ghanaian guitar wizard Kyekyeku is winning at revamping West African...By Gabriel Myers Hansen Like 1030Share to newsfeed
03 Feb 2023Rap isn’t dead! How streaming is helping SA hip hop multiplyThere is a line in AKA and Nasty C ’s ‘ Lemons (Lemonade) ’ that goes “People say hip hop died,...By Setumo Thebe-Mohlomi Like 295Share to newsfeed
02 Feb 2023Interview: Zakes Bantwini ahead of the 2023 Grammy AwardsSouth African electronic artist Zakes Bantwini has been on an impressive upward trajectory as of...By Ano Shumba Like 358Share to newsfeed
02 Feb 2023Angelique Kidjo: The diva from Benin could win a record...By Sanya Osha Angélique Kidjo , the energetic singer and songwriter and activist from the Republic...By Music In Africa... Like 60Share to newsfeed
31 Jan 2023Winky D: A bitter pill for Zimbabwe’s ruling classOn 31 December, well-known Zimbabwean dancehall artist Winky D released his much-awaited ninth...By Ano Shumba Like 503Share to newsfeed
30 Jan 2023At 73, Ghana’s Funky Rob is charting a new pathGhanaian-French scholar and music legend Rob Roy Reindorf, 73, is captivating audiences in Europe...By Alfred Tamakloe Like 535Share to newsfeed
25 Jan 2023Stella Chiweshe: Zimbabwe’s mbira queen, rebel music star...By Gibson Ncube Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, affectionately known in Zimbabwe as ’The Queen of Mbira’...By Music In Africa... Like 877Share to newsfeed