For the third year running, THISDAY Newspapers, one of the leading newspapers in Nigeria has brought Nigeria close to the world through its annual music festival, which is today, adjudged the best in the African Continent. And between July 11

The three Tanzania Gospel artists, Emmanuel Mgase, Atufigwegwe Mwakunga and Solomon Mwaigwisya, who call themselves Waalikwa, meaning "the invited", wowed gospel lovers on July 6 in concert at the Metropole Hall, Arusha.

UPCOMING Zimbabwean reggae musician Itai Mawisire is currently rocking the airwaves with his new album, Its been A Long Time.

I have been to Entebbe International Airport quite a few times of recent. Not because I have been on a globe-trotting spree. Rather, to witness the home-coming of budding musical celebrities-in-the-making, fresh from a musical expedition in a neighbouring capital.

If you enjoy Jamaican music, you've probably heard of the dancehall duo Chaka Demus and Pliers. The two artists are set to visit Kampala, where they will bless the launch of Henry Tigan's album Muzudde in September.

Uganda's Bebe Cool was among the 50,000 people who attended Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday in London's Hyde Park a fortnight ago. Bebe Cool, who sang his latest track Born in Africa, performed in the last minutes before the close down

Angolan popular musician, Bangão, was the main focus of the monthly "Musongue da Tradição" music show at Kilamba recreational centre, with the best hits of his repertoire.

Kenya's musician Amani has teamed up with Tanzania's AY for a new song that they have dubbed Usiwe Mbali. The two have already aired the video of the song.

5FM has secured MTV base VJ, Fikile "Fix" Moeti, as the Sunday night host of The Best of 5 with Fix. Fix made MTV history back in 2006 when she became the first-ever female video jockey on MTV base after

9Nice the Gonga Aso singer opened up to Entertainment Editor, Ogbonna Amadi on his travails as a man driven by a compassion to survive hunger and to succeed life.

She is known as KEL in music circle but her real names is Kelechi Ohia and she hails from Umudike Umuahia in Abia State.

Local singers Bebe Cool and Mega Dee have locked horns over their upcoming album launches. The two artistes picked August 29 as the date for their launches and none of them is willing to barge.

Angolan popular singer, Paulo Flores, Friday evening in Luanda's "Coqueiros" Stadium opened a new page in the recent history of the national "music hall" by attracting about 21,000 fans into the show of his 20 years of career.

Tabu Osusa is synonymous with the Kenyan music, and this has been the case for a very long time.

We were getting used to seeing him as the bonafide hooks man - the kinda singer whose cameo appearance on a song automatically catapults it into 'hit-dom'. And many were scared on his behalf: will he end up like Pasto

THE thick line between secular and gospel music is increasingly becoming blurred, with most gospel artistes borrowing heavily from sungura, and vice versa. Pastor Charles Charamba has done it with success, and people seem to love it, a development that