In their bid to rally quality support for their idol club, Accra Hearts of Oak ladies has acquired a new set of musical instruments worth millions of Cedis, and has consequently outdoored the items at the club's secretariat, in Accra.

THE South African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) says it has no choice but to take the National Credit Regulator (NCR) to court, because advance payments in royalty fees outlawed under the National Credit Act are the only regular income for

Angolan singer Kide NC will on Sunday here release his latest album entitled "Caminhos (routes)", ANGOP has learnt.

WHO said winter was a dull season, bereft of entertainment?

IT was the first time the Bell Pearl of Africa Music (PAM) Awards launched in West Nile since their inception in 2003. Of course there were a lot of expectations.

SILVER Kyagulanyi, Fr. Anthony Musaala, Wasswa Kiyingi and Carol Budhwike will be vying for the honours of the hottest gospel artiste in the land at the second Victoria Gospel Music Awards (VIGA) tomorrow at the Kampala Serena Hotel.

GOSPEL artiste Tikietah is promising another album. The album features Crystofabulous, a rough voiced Ugandan gospel rapper, Pastor Wilson Bugembe and Kenya's Mr Iggi.

SHALL we all hear it for Nicolette Kiige, the best singer remaining in Idols East Africa? But unfortunately, the winning votes may not be based on one's ability to sing. How else can one explain the phenomenon that was Cynthia?

AT first, gospel music was a preserve of churches, crusades and born-again people's radio sets. But when producer Jason Kiwa came onto the scene, gospel music became the in-thing all of a sudden.

ZIMBABWE'S Mkhululi Bhebhe was voted out of Mnet's Reality Show, leaving five participants, three of them Zimbabweans, vying for the U.S.$80 000 top prize.