In the days before the web shrank the world, hearing traditional music made in a distant country meant getting on a plane and going there yourself. Rewarding, but expensive. Plan B involved checking ...
The Nation can report that the annual intellectual discourse that brings together artistes with focus on Yoruba music in the entertainment industry has been set to hold. The conference, themed ...
The documentary, titled “The Odyssey”, will trace the history and evolution of different subcultures within the music, including Were, Sakara, Apala, Juju, AfroJuju, and Fuji, among many others.
Let’s not waste time with the “You mean DJ Jazzy Jeff is still around?” rhetoric. He never left. Jeff has been keeping the art of turntablism long past the days of getting thrown out of Will’s house ...
Obviously not pleased with the trends in the Nigerian entertainment industry especially the Yoruba genre, living legend and Fuji Icon, King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall has called for concerted effort to ...
Nearly three years on from the release of The Mask & Music EP Project Cut One, and Nigerian Afropop star Glenn Mena is back with news of a sequel and the project's lead single, "Yoruba Demon" with ...
Award-winning Nigerian singer, Adekunle Gold has joined forces with White House Productions as a co-producer on a documentary titled “The Odyssey,” which explores the 100-year timeline of Yoruba music ...
The crux of the Puerto Rico-based group ÌFÉ, says bandleader Otura Mun, is “about bringing people together, and seeing ourselves as people connected.” In their critically-acclaimed 2017 debut, ...
From the primeval age of Ayànàgalú (the Yorùbá pioneer-drummer-turned-deity-of-drumming) to the modern era, Yorùbá musical traditions have been shaped by individual performers: drummers, dancers, ...
White House Productions announced a groundbreaking partnership on Thursday: Nigerian music star and songwriter Adekunle Gold will co-produce a documentary that showcases the last century of Yoruba ...
White House Productions announced a groundbreaking partnership on Thursday: Nigerian music star and songwriter Adekunle Gold will co-produce a documentary that showcases the last century of Yoruba ...