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Nigerian musician Femi Kuti has just smashed a saxophone world record set by American saxophonist, Kenneth Bruce Gorelick better known as Kenny G in 1997. He achieved the feat at the New Africa Shrine on the 7th of May, 2017. While Kenny G held an E-flat for 45 minutes via circulation breathing, Femi Kuti‘s longest single note on a saxophone for 46mins and 38secs.
The record for the longest single note ever was set in February 2000 by Vann Burchfield, after he held a note for a time of 47 minutes and 6 seconds. We are certain Femi would also surpass that soonest.
Congrats to the achiever!
At 46 minutes and 38 seconds I'm sure Femi Kuti broke the world record pic.twitter.com/68d7cc2xMC
— Jonathan MurrayBruce (@jonmbruce) May 7, 2017
Singer, Adekunle ‘Gold’ Kosoko couldn’t conceal his happiness after meeting the veteran King Sunny Ade during his UK tour. The YBNL act shared the happy feeling on his social media pages
THE KING and his protege 👑👑 pic.twitter.com/un5FI1Cupn
— AG BABY (@adekunleGOLD) April 9, 2017
“I MET THE KING: About 2am this morning, I was waiting to fall asleep. That’s how I saw King Sunny Ade on Darey’s instagram Live. We had been billed to perform in the same show. I lost it a little bit and jumped out the now useless bed. Quickly, I got dressed and rushed out of my room to meet baba. As per normal dubs, I prostrated flat in front of him, and waited till he said “Adekunle Gold omo mi, dide”. HE KNOWSSSS MEEE BY NAMEEEE ????. That’s when I started yarning, rambling and everything, with my heart palpitating, about how he’s one of my biggest influences and how his stage performances help me a lot etc. In the middle of our gist, baba started singing “My Life”. OMG. Homie was about to pass out. ?????. I sharply grabbed my phone and asked him to sing it again. He did. To cut the pretty long story short, I lost it (again). Baba prayed for me and gave me golden advice. The one that hit home the hardest was, “Never Copy anyone. Stay true to yourself like you’ve been doing.” “I should fire someone, because I told them I wanted to watch your performance”. KING said. Dreams come true, you see.” He wrote on Instagram.
After a sold-out concept dubbed ‘the best concert of 2016’ by many music critics, media houses and fans of good music, Asa returns with ‘Asa Live in Lagos Encore’ due to popular demand.
Last year Asa ended her “Bed of Stone” tour in Lagos with the Asa Live in Lagos concert; this year, she starts the tour here in Lagos. 2017 is symbolic as it marks 10 years since the release of her critically acclaimed, multi-platinum selling, self-titled debut album “Asa”.
Bringing all the elements, sounds, lights, emotions and lyrics that have made up her life these past 10 years, Asa will be performing with her band and a 30 piece Lagos Orchestra on the 29th of April, 2017 at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites.
She intends to share with her musical journey with her friends and fans through her songs that have made up her life and ours these past 10 years.
Mavin Records head honcho, Don Jazzy has signed three new acts – Johnny Drille, DNA Twins (Clinton and Blair Roberts), and POE into the record label. The foremost music producer made the announcement on his instagram page today.
Meet the new acts
The 4 new acts join Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, Korede Bello, Di’ja, Reekado Banks and D’Prince
Produced by Oscar Heman-Ackah, ‘No forget’ is one of the singles off ‘Gold’ his debut album which was released last year. The video was filmed in various locations, including Omole, Chaka beach and Ikeja City Mall was shot by Clarence Peters.
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_7qVnddsLk
MYOA (which means “God brings joy”) is a Singer/Songwriter whose musical journey has catapulted her from the beautiful coast of West Africa to the Queen’s land in England UK, and finally to the immensely diverse and invigorating music scene of the USA.
The eldest of three, Myoa began singing in school choirs, competitions and concerts, penning her first song at the age of 9. Her deep-seeded desire for a music career continued, but she opted for a traditional career path and headed off to pursue a college degree.
Studying at the University of Plymouth, she honed her songwriting and keyboard skills but upon graduation Myoa pursued a career in Finance for a while. Feeling there was more to life, Myoa opted for another path. Resigning from her job, she packed her bags and decided to explore opportunities to study music in Los Angeles, USA.
She enrolled at Hollywood California’s heralded Musicians Institute, learning the art of vocal performance & music production and landing a highly coveted internship at one of the world’s largest music companies, Universal Music Group. Often compared to the likes of Basia and Des’ree; Myoa sees greater benefit in creating her own lane in the music business.
Her debut album ‘Beautiful Journey’ which was produced by Nigerian musical genius Cobhams Asuquo and co-written by Myoa Sobamowo, validates her hard work as an independent artist.
Currently residing in Houston, Texas and quickly amassing a local following, Myoa performs live with her band at trendy intimate venues, and will be performing at a private event hosted by PEPSI for the Super Bowl event that will be held in Houston Texas. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the NFL; the highest level of professional American football in the world, is also known for its entertainment performances.
The Headies season is upon us. Organisers have released their list of nominees for this year and as usual it spurned talking points on social media with many querying exclusions and inclusions in some categories. The toughest categories are definitely the Artiste Of The Year which harbours heavyweights like WIZKID, TIWA SAVAGE, FALZ, YEMI ALADE, OLAMIDE; Best Rated, Album and Song of the year and Best Recording of the year.
Check out the full list of nominees.
BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR
A non-voting category for the best single recording by an artiste or group in the year under review.
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
BEST R&B/POP ALBUM
BEST R&B SINGLE
BEST POP SINGLE
BEST REGGAE/DANCEHALL SINGLE
BEST RAP ALBUM
BEST COLLABO
BEST RAP SINGLE
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE(MALE)
A non-voting category for the single male artiste with the most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album.
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
A non-voting category for the single female artiste with most outstanding vocal performances on a single song or album.
NEXT RATED
HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION
A voting category for the best new artiste in the year under review.
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
A non-voting category for the Rap Artiste with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album.
BEST STREET-HOP ARTISTE
BEST ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SONG
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
SONG OF THE YEAR
AFRICAN ARTISTE
Falz and Simi won’t be getting married – at least not yet
The wave making singers who have been taunting fans with engagement-like photos have revealed their joint project; a 7-track EP titled, ‘Chemistry’.
One may never know when these ones tie the knot.
Don’t these look like pre-wedding / engagement images?
New pictures suggesting that a wedding is in the offing for the ‘soldier’ stars have been floating on social media for the past few days.
But since both musicians, Falz and Simi have vehemently denied being romantically linked, let’s take their word for it. A wedding or a collaboration album?
Only a matter of time.