Reading Time: 2 minutes Midnight Train is Sauti Sol’s Guernica, a powerful attention-grabbing album – arguably one of the best Kenyan albums from the last 10 years. The music is as complex as their …
Kenyan Music and Copy Cat Culture
Reading Time: 4 minutes A common complaint about Kenyan music and entertainment culture generally is that it has devolved into an orgy of familiarity. Risk-averse musicians have relied heavily on producing songs with beats …
Live Stream Licensing By KECOBO is Misguided
Reading Time: 4 minutes In rather bizarre, unreasonable and hateful news, the Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO) wants DJs to pay Ksh 200,000 to do live streams. Paul Enyenze, the MCSK Operations manager told the …
Universal Music Group Launch Def Jam Africa
Reading Time: 2 minutes Universal Music Group has launched Def Jam Africa. While UMG has opened at least 7 offices on the continent, these haven’t had as much freedom to shape their brand identities. …
Kenya Launches Work For Pay Arts Stimulus Package
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage launched the “Work For Pay” Kshs. 100 million stimulus package. This is in line with the Executive Order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta …
HR The Messenger Reflects on Growth With Latest Single
Reading Time: 2 minutes I still remember taking a photo of HR after class, editing it on Microsoft Paint and together uploading his first release online – in the school cafeteria. This was in …
7 Best Kenyan Music Projects of 2020, So Far
Reading Time: 4 minutes Music is playing a major roll in calming our nerves down with all that’s going on. Perhaps the only good thing to come out of this pandemic is the unending …
Heva Fund Release Covid-19 Creative Industry Resilience Report
Reading Time: 3 minutes Heva Fund has released a Covid-19 Resilience report for the creative industry. This needs analysis exercise was designed to generate baseline insights from across most sectors of Kenya’s cultural and …
Facebook To Allow Artists To Charge For Online Events
Reading Time: 3 minutes Facebook has announced plans to add a feature that allows artists to charge for online events. In a blog post, the social media giant said: “We plan to add the …
Turn App is The Party App You Need
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sundays usually end up in a sombre mood as the realization of the weekend ending hits home. It might be that we didn’t find a fun and fulfilling way to …