LAUREN GILGER: And now it’s time for a Tiny Desert Concert. And our next act is one you have probably heard of. Phoenix Afrobeat Orchestra is one of the most popular, longest-running and biggest local ...

Asake and Wizkid began teasing a collaboration as far back as 2025, and although it took a few months to release, “Jogodo” exceeded our expectations. It was released on January 16th, 2026, and has ...

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa — for a generation. By Adam Nossiter See more of our coverage in your ...

One of the biggest pioneers of highlife music, Ebo Taylor, died last Saturday at the age of 90. He was beloved by many, affectionately called "Uncle Ebo" by those captivated by the grooves of his ...

Once upon a time, long before brazenness dissolved into the air inhaled by youths, Àkèré, the son of Onítùre, was a prince in an Ọ̀yọ́ village called Ìkẹyọ̀. In lands faraway, Àkèré is called Frog, ...

Thirty years after his death, Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Grammys. He’ll be the first African to achieve the honour since the award ...

An old interview with late legendary musician, Orlando Julius, has resurfaced amid controversy involving award-winning singer Wizkid and Seun Kuti, the son of late legendary musician Fela Kuti. In the ...

There’s something almost absurd about watching a genre born in the townships of South Africa become the soundtrack to house parties in Manchester, TikTok videos in Los Angeles, and festival stages ...

When Asake takes the stage at the King’s Theatre on November 8 for this year’s Red Bull Symphonic, he will be the third artist (after Metro Boomin and Rick Ross), as well as the first Nigerian act, to ...

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The unmistakable energy of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, came alive on Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre, Victoria Island, where Lagos’ creative community, ...

Young Nigerian and German musicians joined forces at Beethovenfest for this year's DW Campus Project — making music and memories to last a lifetime. When young musicians from Nigeria and Germany took ...