From electrifying live performances to visually stunning productions, this year proved that music in Uganda is not just heard ...

Singer-guitarist Jon Muq got hooked on music after playing his cousin’s "We Are The World" CD so many times it broke. Jim Herrington Of the thousands of musicians who’ve moved to Austin, few have a ...

Over the past decade, politics has consumed a generation of musicians, deeply dividing Uganda’s music industry, which analysts now predict has a bleak future. President Yoweri Museveni’s main ...

Music icon Bebe Cool has unveiled his annual Bebe Cool List for 2025, highlighting the artists, albums, and songs that stood out over the year while offering candid reflections on the state of the ...

At 25, Ugandan singer-songwriter Joshua Baraka finds himself in a rare position—one that many artistes consciously pursue, yet only truly grow into with time. Across East Africa’s fast-evolving music ...

Ugandan singer Iryn Namubiru has said she is alive but still traumatized after surviving Saturday's Lake Victoria boat tragedy in Uganda. “I would like to thank all of you who have reached out to me.

Omay Lay says the Ugandan police is preventing Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from securing his release. Omah Lay and Tems were arrested on Sunday, December, 13, 2020 after they performed at an ...

Nigerian singer and songwriter Reekado Banks was featured on Ykee Benda's Timetable in 2018. Sheebah Karungi, Wizkid and Azawi Collaborations are among the most effective ways for an artiste to break ...

One of East Africa’s most popular music festivals has been cleared to go ahead after members of parliament tried to ban it for “promoting gays” in the country. The Nyege Nyege festival will now take ...

Nigerian singers, Omah Lay and Tems are set to be released from police custody in Uganda. Information Nigeria recalls the duo were arrested on Sunday for flouting COVID-19 protocols after they ...

Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber KAMPALA, Uganda — Visitors ...

NIGHT IS FALLING when Full Figure gets back to her office in a poor quarter of Kampala, the Ugandan capital. The singer, wearing a baseball cap and psychedelic “My Little Pony” T-shirt, is returning ...