It was a chilly Saturday in January when I decided to make the trek from my home in Northern Virginia to Bowie, Maryland, for an intimate listening session hosted for an artist I'd never heard of ...
For more than three decades, King Sunny Ade and his African Beats have been thrilling audiences worldwide with their extraordinary music. The Nigerian singer, guitarist, bandleader, and entrepreneur ...
Kombucha — the mere mention of this fermented beverage is enough to cause faces to contort into grimaces, or conversely, eyes to light up with excitement. Lately, it seems like the latter is more true ...
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Two photographs of King Sunny Adé hang on the reception wall of M&C 106.5 FM radio station in Ondo town. One is a recent portrait identifying him as Dr. Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, M.F.R. (Member of the ...
Due to recently implemented protocols around nightclub gatherings in The Netherlands, musical offerings at the 2021 ADE Festival will take place largely during daytime hours. By Katie Bain ...
Nigeria's King Sunny Ade plays juju music, a vocal-rich blend of percussion, guitars, keyboards and choreographed dance. In the early '80s, Ade and his band heralded a coming wave of African pop music ...