Made Kuti set to blow off the roof at the Afrika Shrine

Afrobeat scion, Made Kuti and his band The Movement, are putting on a one-of-a-kind showcase at the New Afrika Shrine … More

Made Kuti and The Movement perform maiden show at Afrika Shrine

Made Kuti, the grandson of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti performed with his band, The Movement at the New Afrika … More

Burna Boy grabs Grammy for Best Global Music Album

The Nigerian Afro-fusion superstar Burna Boy bags the award for Best Global Music Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards Premiere … More

Dearth of Nigerian music documentaries

As the nation advances on the tracks of becoming a world’s music capital, Nigeria is in dire need of cinematic … More

Vote for Fela Kuti induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

“He was a Rockstar. He was probably the first countercultural hero on a large scale in Africa.” Michael E. Veal … More

Tunday Akintan breathes African rhythm in new album

Nigerian-British musician and multi-instrumentalist, Tunday Akintan, recently released his fourth album, A Night In Africa. The four-track Afrobeat live … More

Made and Femi Kuti - Afrika Shrine Lagos, photo by Bolaji Along/Eyes of a Lagos Boy

Femi Kuti and eldest son Made release joint album, Legacy+

The father-son collaborative album project Legacy + by Femi and Made Kuti has been released on 6 February. On this … More

Naija Afrobeats top 20 (2021)

2020 will go down in history as the year humanity was shut down completely in a way never before witnessed. … More

Obase-Aboli – A West African xylophone prodigy

Ghana-based Cameroonian chromatic xylophone virtuoso, Obase-Aboli Namolongo is a contemporary pan-African singer, songwriter, composer and entertainer brandishing his soothing traditional … More