Kenya's mainstream music circuit is flourishing, and artistes who have the numbers are making money. The likes of Bahati, Otile Brown, Khaligraph Jones, Nadia Mukami, Jovial, Willy Paul and King Kaka ...

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.

Burundian music icon Nimbona Jean-Pierre, better known as Kidum, has just returned to Nairobi after a two-week music and business tour in Dubai. The singer, composer, instrumentalist and band leader ...

This summer, Kenya came to Washington, D.C. Artists, runners and Maasai elders were part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. They spoke with us... One musician traces his ancestry by playing his ...

Bwana Yesu kazaliwa, tuimbe aleluya… Amezaliwa pangoni Bethlehemu, ndiye Mwokozi wetu wa dunia….When Kenya celebrates Christmas, whether in Nairobi flats or in villagehomes by the firewood stove, ...

Nairobi — Walk into any chain American music store and you are likely to encounter a prodigious display of all kinds of music. The bulk is obviously American arranged according to genre: jazz, gospel, ...

<strong><em>'INSHA'</em></strong> explores the role of music in Kenyan culture and storytelling, particularly in traditional ceremonies, aiming to bridge the gap ...

Disgruntled talent in the Nairobi have publicly come out to express their dismay at the deficit of their songs on the airwaves. Members of the Kenyan Musician Movement took to the Nation Centre in ...

Jamea Sale with some of the Kenyan students who have benefited from her work bringing music to their schools. Gregory Wegst It takes more than a village to teach a child music in the remote corners of ...

When John Ouko walks the green, leafy paths of the Nairobi Arboretum, he sees thousands of tiny signs of hope for a tree that had been cut to the point that Kenyans feared they might lose it—the ...

Kenya is marking 60 years since its independence from British colonial rule on December 12, 1963. Each year, the country celebrates the occasion with a national holiday, Jamhuri Day. And for much of ...