THE crowd was mammoth and ecstatic. Everyone, young and old, VIP and ordinary, got on their feet, singing and dancing along. Akon did not disappoint. His live concert on Friday night was worth every penny revellers paid for it.

At 62, Mr Wilson Omutere Ongaro, popularly known as Sukuma bin Ongaro, is still going strong in the music industry.

IN 1994, the former South African President Nelson Mandela asked whether it was possible for the people to forgive and survive.

AFTER weeks of watching tortured souls trying to sing themselves to fame in seven different countries, the real thing is finally here. Last Sunday on M-Net, we watched the first batch of six of the Top 24 perform on stage

The season of international music concerts at the Alliance Francaise in Nairobi has been shaping up. First it was 3MA, a charming musical trio that expressed their imaginations through poetic lyrics escorted by stringed instruments from Mali, Morocco and Madagascar.

The second music show dubbed "Step Road Blue Show" will be held next Saturday in Lubango City, southern Huila Province, promoted by the company Step Produções, ANGOP has learnt.

One of Rwanda's up coming musicians, James Nzibavuga, aka Rocks James is taking a slow and firm stand into his musical career.

THE crass philistinism of the 2008 MTN South African Music Awards (Sama) nominations was exceeded only by the crass predictability of both last weekend's event (overdressed MCs largely talking nonsense) and the winners. If there was an overall star, it

WHO knew Kid Fox would finally make it big? That is the question PAM Awards nominee, Stephen Kiggundu, aka, Kid Fox, asks himself in Ezinunula, one of his latest hits.

The name Ginger Emmanuel Kamdem Forcha might not be easily remembered in Cameroon now.

WHEN the Obsessions released Nod Your Head, their first album in 2004, they hit their share of brick walls in the studio. They were poor singers.

Ugandans welcomed back Hellen Lukoma and Brenda Nambi onto the big stage shortly after they had left Obsessions. The girls have come together under the name HB Toxic, with HB standing for their initials.

THOUGH in essence primarily contributing to the already established and over-saturated Namibian music industry, the Cell One Road to Fame is now fast nearing its conclusion.

IN a unique lap of elegance, she appeared on a dimly lit stage and threw a tentative greeting to an audience she was meeting for the first time in her fledging music career.

Multiple award winning Christian worship artiste Chris Tomlin will be in Kampala at the end of May, according to the artiste's website christomlin.com. Tomlin will be part of the Passion Kampala concert that will be held at Makerere University on

Steven Kiggundu a.k.a Kid Fox has mostly been flying beneath the radar, never getting the musical attention he deserves, but his concert tomorrow night at Steak Out should change all that. He has departed from the norm of artistes packing

WHEN sponsors pulled out of P-Square's Do Me Concert after ethics and integrity minister Dr. James Nsaba Butuuro accused corporate companies of promoting immorality, many spelt doom for Junior Kazoora, the event organiser.

THE revolution of local hip hop (Lugaflow) might be causing ripples in the western world with ambassadors Babaluku and Krazy Native, Uganda's worthy ambassadors.

THEYwere tipped by music pundits as one of the groups to watch out for this year. Tonight, Viva Stars will launch their first album, Koona Endongo, in a grand do at Theatre La Bonita and at Sese Gateway Beach in

The University of Namibia choir has come up with a musical play through which it will showcase Namibia's traditional culture at an international festival in Germany which starts on May 13.