On a Tuesday night in May, I braved Nairobi’s grinding traffic to make my way downtown to a venue called the Igiza Lounge. Perched on the second-floor balcony of the stone-clad Kenya National Theater, ...

Kenyans can now listen and play digitally sounds from traditional instruments by visiting a gallery or the nearest national museum. This is thanks to a new technology from Sweden called Music Sample ...

The evolution of music in Kenya is a rich and vibrant story that spans several decades. Indeed, traditional Kenyan music is deeply rooted in the diverse indigenous cultures of the country. Each ...

Kenge Kenge is an eight-person ensemble from Nairobi, Kenya, that specializes in benga, a traditional folk rhythm that dates to the 1940s. The group's name translates to "a fusion of small, ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Not many musicians can boast they’ve made U.S. President Barack Obama get up and groove to their tunes. But Kenya’s Afro-pop band, Sauti Sol, did just that. Obama, whose father ...

Kenyan Music has gone global, with new data from Spotify revealing significant growth for Kenyan artists, which has translated to the country’s expanding influence in the international music scene.

Vol. 43, No. 4, Measuring Time: Karin Barber and the Study of Everyday Africa / Onookome Okome and Stephanie Newell, Guest Editors (Winter 2012), pp. 147-165 (19 pages) ABSTRACT This paper examines ...