Grammy Award Winner Branford Marsalis for 3rd Safaricom International Jazz Festival
Well into its third year now, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival recently announced its main act for this year’s festival […]
PAWA254 launches PAWA FESTIVAL ‘Art in the Streets’
PAWA Festival - Art in the Streets is an annual street festival that will be taking place on Sunday 20th December 2015, from 10.00am to 10.00pm at the heart of Nairobi’s Central Business District, along City Hall Way, showcasing socially conscious East African Art, Music and Creativity. It will act as a platform for innovative young artists to showcase their creative genius though visual and performance quality pieces including: public installations; film screenings; photography exhibitions; music; poetry; and literary readings.
Kenya Art Fair returns for the 2nd Year from 13th – 15th Nov, Sarit Center
Nairobi is the place to be for art lovers this November as the Kenya Art Fair 2015 returns to the Sarit Centre from 13th -15th November having firmly established itself as the premiere event for the contemporary visual arts. Organized by the region’s leading visual art centre Kuona Trust with partners Text Book Centre and Sarit Centre, the fair aims to nurture, appreciate and recognize excellence in the contemporary arts.
Losing Grip, A Kenyan Spoken Word production on 19th Nov at Goethe Institut
The spoken word scene in Kenya seems to have taken a break with fewer and fewer performances taking place. It […]
Kirk Whalum & Karyn White for this years Nile Gold Jazz Safari in Uganda
The Jazz & Soul Safari - an annual celebration of Jazz and Soul Music in East Africa will be hosting renown Jazz Musician Kirk Whalum and RnB artists Karyn White and Gerald Albright for this year's edition of the festival on November 2nd, 2015 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. This is the eighth edition of the annual Nile Gold Jazz Safari project conceived by TShaka ‘Roots’ Mayanja in 2008.
Safaricom Jazz goes to Mombasa this December
It might come as a surprise to many that Swahili sounds have greatly influenced the Kenyan Jazz sound giving it that uniqueness […]
Will Sisqo & Dru Hill still unleash the dragon at their October Kenyan concert
Last month, American RnB singer, songwriter and dancer Sisqo confirmed his concert in Kenya together with the group Dru Hill […]
15 New Kenyan Artist to watch
Despite the ongoing back and forth arguments and discussion that have been happening online for months now on the state […]
Blankets & Wine introduces Africa Nouveau with 1st Festival on 5 -6th September
After 6 years and 58 editions of showcasing Africa’s most remarkable and emerging bands, Blankets & Wine now presents Africa Nouveau, a 2-day festival designed to showcase the most innovative, cutting-edge, trend setting artists on September 5th and 6th 2015, at the Ngong Racecourse Nairobi, starting from noon daily.
Win tickets to attend the Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert with Salif Keita
With only a week to go to this year’s first Safaricom Jazz Festival Concert featuring Salif Keita, we are giving […]
Reggae band Morgan Heritage for Kenya Concert on 3rd October
Reggae band Morgan Heritage will be in Kenya this October for a concert at the Nyayo stadium. The concert which will be part of Extravaganza 2015 is scheduled to be the main show from 10.00a.m. to 6.00p.m. at the Nyayo Stadium on 3rd of October, 2015.
Discovering Salif Keita, my favorite 15 songs from his 20 Albums
Salif Keita whose career started with the band Les Ambassadeurs Internationales in the early 70s will be in Kenya for the Safaricom […]