There are songs that stay in your head long after you’ve heard them for the first time. If you’re lucky, there are places you travel to that are just as memorable. Such is the allure of Kenya, a place ...

A dusty music store in downtown Nairobi was once the hotspot for East African musicians recording music with influences from across the region. While the shop suffered with the introduction of CDs and ...

Thanks to Christopher Smith, "Amazing Grace," John Newton's 18th century hymn of redemption, is now part of the canon of Broadway show tunes. Smith is the creator of the musical by the same name that ...

A decade ago, no one would have associated Korogocho slums in Nairobi with a musical genre that has been a preserve of the rich. But at St Johns Church in Korogocho slum, painted with colourful murals ...

The revamped Uhuru Park is ready to host the much-awaited Third Edition of The Nairobi Festival.Nairobians are set for an unforgettable Jamhuri Day weekend as the Nairobi Festival returns from ...

The song starts with a sample of Congolese rumba queen Mbilia Bel’s Nakei. Nairobi which segues into a contemporary urban groove as the distinct rumba guitar riff drives the rhythm of a French rap ...

NAIROBI, Kenya – Tucked into a busy market in Kenya's capital is arguably the country's last record store. "Real Vinyl Guru" has been open for 28 years and now enjoys the growing interest of music ...

Adnan Sami, who is known for his captivating performance and won billions of hearts across the globe with his super-hit songs, is also the first Bollywood artist to have performed in Kenya in 2003.

As MUZE celebrates its fifth annivesary, co-founder Willie Gichora reflects on growing a world-class party in the Kenyan capital and representing electronic sounds from across Africa Functions is our ...

Kenya has become the unlikely home of a growing country music scene, possibly the biggest in Africa, as testified by the thousands line-dancing in a field in the capital Nairobi this weekend for ...