Tunde Folawiyo | Hugh Masekela: An African Legend
The vibrant world of African music holds a wide range of tremendous talent. From the famed Fela Kuti to Akon, the impact African musicians have forged upon music is undisputable. […]
The vibrant world of African music holds a wide range of tremendous talent. From the famed Fela Kuti to Akon, the impact African musicians have forged upon music is undisputable. […]
The world of African music is rich with immense talents who have collectively impacted the culture of a continent. Youssou N’Dour remains one of the most influential of African musicians, […]
Within just a few years of its establishment, Motown, a Detroit-based music company, forever changed the history of American music culture. It had more hits than any other record label […]
Stevie Wonder is a musician whom all music fans, including Tunde Folawiyo, are probably familiar with. He is one of the most successful R&B and pop artists in the world, […]
As a musical genre, Afrobeat music has long enabled a thrilling connection between listeners and the African culture. Throughout its history, the genre has moved and inspired audiences, affecting millions […]
Described by Rolling Stone as ‘the most famous singer alive’, Youssou N’Dour is someone whom virtually all music lovers, including Tunde Folawiyo, have probably heard of. Hailing from Senegal, N’Dour […]
Femi Kuti is a Nigerian musician, whose father Fela Kuti, founded the Afrobeat genre. Born in 1962, he spent his childhood in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria, with his mother. […]
Fela Kuti was a musician, best known for developing a genre called Afrobeat. Borne from the mixing of African percussive patterns, with juju, high life, calypso, salsa, jazz and funk, […]
Popularised in Africa in the 1970s, the Afrobeat musical genre thrives on a unique combination of traditional Yoruba music, jazz, funk, and chanted vocals, fused with percussion to form one […]
One of the most common misconceptions about indigenous African music, is that the instruments used in it amount to little more than a few varieties of drums. However, archaeological and […]