What was termed as the saving grace for the Kenyan music industry needs a saving grace itself. “Gengetone died a silent death,” quipped one Twitter user who set the ball rolling and opened up the ...

It is 12.02 am, on Tuesday morning. I am scrolling through my phone, and bump into Morio Mbwakni, Mbogi Genje's latest Dancehall/Rap song. My rudimentary sheng tells me the song is about a 'fake' man.

Gengetone artist Shalkido, best known for the catchphrase “Shalkido mi huspin na mayeng,” has died after being declared brain dead. The musician was involved in an accident on Sunday, October 5, after ...

The Kenyan music industry has seen a variety of genres come and go. There was Boomba, Kapuka, and Genge, but none stood the test of time. For that reason, critics often argue that no distinct Kenyan ...

This project will investigate the similarities and differences between strains of dancehall and sound system culture from Jamaica currently being cross-pollinated with electronic music from Germany, ...

The moment you board, the music grabs you. These privately owned, brightly painted minibuses are moving canvases, mobile sound systems — rolling declarations of what young Nairobi finds cool.

The disruption to the music business in 2020 has been a double-edged sword: while the conventional model of live music concerts was halted by the pandemic, the opportunity arose for artistes to ...

Citizen TV presenter Willis Raburu has revealed what caused the mega flop of the much hyped Gengetone Festival in the weekend. The event which happened on Saturday at Machakos People's Park attracted ...