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AYODEJI BALOGUN, best known as Wizkid, is a musician who has been on top of his game. In this interview, he tells FUNKE OSAE-BROWN what it takes to build his brand. He was a little late for our appointment that sunny Thursday morning at Allen Avenue, Ikeja. I had actually…
Late last year, TUNDE JEGEDE, joined the MUSON CENTRE as its new artistic director. In this interview, he tells FUNKE OSAE-BROWN about his life as a composer and music Spotting a black patterned shirt on a pair of black trousers, soft-spoken Tunde Jegede walks into the mini boardroom at…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN So many things are changing at the Music Society of Nigeria, otherwise known as MUSON. The centre, popularly known for its unique offerings of classic music, is changing the game in its repertoire of music for a wider appeal as it includes Jazz, Opera and African music in…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Famous Afrobeat musician and late Fela Kuti’s son, Femi Kuti has joined a new music company that will manage his career for the first in Nigeria. Kuti told a gathering of media men on Wednesday that he has agreed that Nigerian-owned Chocolate City should manage him locally. “When…
On a cool Friday evening, as is the norm, The Shrine is agog with all manner of people, great fans of Afrobeat music. On a large stage in the expansive compound is Femi Anikulapo–Kuti performing with his band to an audience that is as euphoric as the voice singing on…
Stars don’t come bigger than Nigerian-German musician and songwriter, NNEKA EGBUNA. In this interview, she tells FUNKE OSAE-BROWN about her life and music. She looks small but her tiny frame is no match to the power of her vocal. She has been traversing the international music scene for some…
As activities are in top gear for this year’s edition of the MUSON festival, the festival committee has rolled out the activities lined up for the celebration. In a statement issued by the committee, Kitoyi Ibare-Akinsan, chairman, 2014 Festival Planning Committee says the festival is designed to reflect the theme:…
As the 18th edition of the annual MUSON Festival approaches, the Musical Society of Nigeria, MUSON Centre, Lagos has announced Tunde Jegede as its new artistic director. Jegede who assumed duties at Nigeria’s prime art facility, last week, is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and musician par excellence. He takes over from…
His dark skin shines brightly under colourful lights. The yellowish rays of the light play a trick on his clean shaven head. He still looks very Nigerian as he takes his seat at the La Scala Restaurant that sunny Saturday afternoon. His performance is billed to commence in a couple…
Jazz may not be a popular genre of music among the young people, but it has become an enduring art form that cannot be ignored, write FUNKE OSAE-BROWN On a warm Saturday evening in May, the guitarist strums his bass guitar dexterously. His dexterity rouses a huge excitement in the ecstatic…
Lovers of Jazz music are in for an unusual show in August as the Lagos Jazz Series hosts British-Nigerian jazz and soul artiste, Ola Onabule, and the eclectic Abyssinian Jazz Vespers all stars on the 1st and 2nd of August, 2014. Onabule and his band will perform for the first…
As Wole Soyinka clocks 80 on Sunday July 13, 2014, different activities have been lined up for the celebration of this Nigeria’s illustrious poet and Nobel Laureate. For some years now annually, the month of July is Wole Soyinka’s season. Arts exhibitions, stage plays, poetry readings, musical shows and all…
Jazz may not be a popular genre of music among the young people, but it has become an enduring art form that cannot be ignored, write FUNKE OSAE-BROWN On a warm Saturday evening in May, the guitarist strums his bass guitar dexterously. His dexterity rouses a huge excitement in the ecstatic…
Lovers of reggae should get ready for an interesting return of their popular music genre as three legends of reggae are back to Africa for the very first time, with a music festival tagged ‘African Mix reggae,’ a festival involving various Reggae artists, which had been on for some time…
All roads led to the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban South Africa last Saturday for this year’s edition of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA). The stage was set, waiting for the stars who would be announced winners that evening. As expected, the red carpet was walked by the very…
The meeting point for our interview that Thursday was the Stadium Hotel at Iyun Street, Surulere. Stadium Hotel sounds familiar to those who knew what enjoying life was in the 1960s and 1970s in Lagos. It was just the right place to be at weekends or during the week after…
His lanky frame does not give him away easily as a man with a unique idea in this technology-driven 21st century as he walks into his office that Friday morning. He turns in his swivel chair for a few seconds as the tape, placed in between us, starts to spur.…
When he began singing as a young secondary school student at St. Gregory’s College many years ago, he never knew he would take it up as a career and eventually meet his heartthrob in the process. An unknown classmate submitted his name for a new school band that was being…
