Tag Archives: Afro-Pop

Tanzanian artist Diamond Platnumz is most beneficial known for his “bongo flava” hits like “NUMBER 1” and “Kamwambie.” Delivered Naseeb Abdul Juma near Dar ha sido Salaam, Gemstone combines components of hip-hop, reggae, R&B, Afro-beat, dancehall, and African customs like taarab and dansi right into a dance-ready mixture of lively …

Sacred Paws were blessed in the ashes of indie pop group Golden Grrrls. Upon the band’s break up in 2014 after launching just one single record, associates Rachel Aggs (vocals, electric guitar) and Eilidh Rodgers (vocals, drums) chose they weren’t completed making music jointly. Hence Sacred Paws had been blessed, …

Fantasma is a South African collective that manically grafts together hip-hop, Zulu maskandi music, shangaan electro, psych, South African home, and punk. Founded in 2013 by rapper/manufacturer/vocalist Spoek Mathambo, he enlisted DJ Spoko (the godfather of “Bacardi home”), guitarist André Geldenhuys (Machineri), veteran multi-instrumentalist Bekisenzo Joseph Cele (Vukazithathe NeziNgane ZaKhe) …

Whether the monitors are created for himself or for others, nearly everything made by Maleek Berry is highly percussive and melodic, designed for dance and romancing. Dynamic because the early 2010s, the British-born Nigerian musician became an in-house manufacturer for Wizkid’s Starboy Entertainment in 2013. After function for famous brands …

Orchestre Muyei, aka Muyei Power, were probably one of the most successful rings in Sierre Leone in the 1970s. Having a audio rooted in traditional Western African music, Muyei Power also integrated such varied designs as rock and roll, pop, and funk to their have compositions. Muyei Power split up …

London-based DJ/live music collective Ibibio Sound Machine combine sounds motivated in similar measure from the fantastic era of Western African funk and disco, post-punk, and contemporary electro. The music group was began by producers Maximum Grunhard, Leon Brichard, and Benji Bouton, who have been all fanatics of African grooves from …

Afro-pop/dance-pop vocalist Itz Tiffany, given birth to Tiffany Owusu in Ghana, matters Akosua Agyapong and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, aswell as Mary J. Blige and MC Lyte, among her inspirations. She released her 1st solitary in 2006 while still an adolescent, and appeared on the string of paths in cooperation with famous …

Hailing from Niamey, the administrative centre city of Niger, Western world Africa, the top ensemble music group Tal Country wide was produced in 2000 by charismatic ringleader and Western world African guitar excel at Hamadal Issoufou Moumine, also called Almeida. Supported by from five to twelve music artists and performers, …

Nigerian singer/songwriter Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun (aka Wizkid) began his career in music when he was only 11 years of age. His initial record, Lil Prinz, was documented in 2001 in cooperation with Glorious Five, an organization comprising Balogun and his close friends from cathedral. In 2006 he began seeking music …

Despite a 1948 Imperial edict banning the distribution of Ethiopian pop music, Amha Eshete launched an archive label, Amha Documents, and released 103 singles and twelve albums by Ethiopian artists between 1969 and 1975. Furthermore to producing Ethiopian music known across the world, Eshete helped to spark today’s period of …