Tag: Music

Era-defining Benin musician dies aged 39

Tributes have been paid to Willy Mignon, an era-defining Beninese musician who…

Rachida Houssou Rachida Houssou

Tems sees off Yemi Alade and Burna Boy to win Grammy

Nigerian singer Tems saw off the likes of Yemi Alade, Burna Boy…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Who should count as African at the Grammy Awards?

The Grammy Awards has a dedicated space for African music, but just…

Marco Oriunto Marco Oriunto

Nigerian star 2Baba announces separation from wife

Popular Nigerian musician and performer Innocent Idibia, widely known as 2Baba or…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Ghanaian music legend who founded Afro-rock band Osibisa dies

Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei, who founded the Afro-rock band…

Mark Wilberforce Mark Wilberforce

Top South African singer Winnie Khumalo dies aged 51

outh African actress and singer Winnie Khumalo has died at the age…

Wycliffe Muia Wycliffe Muia

‘We knew Christmas before you’ – the Band Aid fallout

Forty years on from the original recording, the cream of British and…

Damian Zane Damian Zane

Luther Vandross: the tragic R&B crooner who struggled for acceptance

A new documentary looks back on the career of a singer whose…

Andrew Lawrence Andrew Lawrence

Michael Kiwanuka on God, fatherhood and his secret to great art

It the start of the summer, Michael Kiwanuka played at Glastonbury. A warm-up show…

Alexis Petridis Alexis Petridis

Ugandan children’s choir shares ‘remarkable’ tales

A "remarkable" Ugandan children's choir hopes going on tour will raise awareness…

Luke Deal & Rachael McMenemy Luke Deal & Rachael McMenemy