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.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Hip-hop guru Kaligraph Jones performs during the Tusker Nexter talent search in Mtwapa ...

In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group. Undeterred, scores of ...

Jamaican reggae star Luciano arrived in Kenya for concerts in Nairobi and Embu. He paid tribute to Raila Odinga. Fans flooded social media with excitement.

NAIROBI, Kenya – Not many musicians can boast they’ve made U.S. President Barack Obama get up and groove to their tunes. But Kenya’s Afro-pop band, Sauti Sol, did just that. Obama, whose father hails ...

New Music Friday: 10 Songs You Should Listen To Featuring Omah Lay, Seyi Vibez, Yemi Alade It is the authentic approach of Lafrik in their music that sets them apart from their peers. Mixing various ...

On 31 May, 2018, a group of relatively young Kenyan boys dropped a peculiar-sounding song on YouTube, and with it, a new genre of music was birthed. The song was titled ‘Lamba Lolo,’ and those boys – ...

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 ...

NAIROBI — The guitar thrummed, the drumsticks smashed into a quivering cymbal, and the lead vocalist for Rash howled into the mic, electrifying the night air. After years in the wilderness, Kenya’s ...

Hip-hop guru Kaligraph Jones performs during the Tusker Nexter talent search in Mtwapa Kilifi County. (Courtesy) Since independence, Kenyan musicians have developed unique ways of performing and ...