Along with his band the Black Atlantics, the Minnesotan born Obiora Obikwelu has preserved his Nigerian heritage and sought ...

The Cavemen prove that the genre can exist confidently within today’s global music landscape, without losing its soul.

This December, Lagos will come alive with the sound of nostalgia, joy, and pure festive groove! On Saturday, December 13, ...

Two different bands, each made up by two brothers, are keeping highlife music alive in Nigeria. Although Umu Obiligbo and the Cavemen have separate styles, these two bands are already building on the ...

Read the first part of this series on the pioneers of Igbo highlife music here. Igbo highlife provided comfort and hope for the Igbos, an ethnic group living mainly in southeastern Nigeria, after a ...

Here is a list of the top ten Nigerian songs released in January 2023, in no particular order. Top 10 Nigerian songs released in January 2023 The new year started on a good note with new project from ...

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25 greatest Afrobeats songs that have left an indelible mark on the nation’s pop culture and played a part in the local and international expansion of Nigerian music. 25 Greatest Afrobeats Songs Of ...

KCee and Zoro Swagbag drop the new single Show Off, produced by Masterkraft. The track is available now via Five Star Music ...

Around the time highlife was born in West Africa, horns were fading out and the guitar was assuming their place as the most popular lead instrument. The earliest highlife was a variation on the big ...

A titan of Nigerian highlife had passed on at 79. With a career spanning almost six decades, Orlando Julius stamped his foot on the sands of history, promoting his talents and laundering his country’s ...

Ghanaian hiplife musician and songwriter Justice Amoa, popularly known as Patapaa has expressed disappointment over what he ...