From the Rising of Sun to the Moonlight Bloom
By MremboSafi Shaash Entertainment; 2016 From Monitah’s eagerly awaited Sonnie Side Up EP, Moonlight Bloom is a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack to a lover’s play. Sonically crooned into light by the...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Songs of 2016 – Part 1
Recent developments in the Kenyan music scene has made the task of compiling “Best Of” lists such as the one below very difficult indeed. It is becoming harder and harder to ignore new and upcoming...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Songs of 2016 – Part 2
Continuing from where we left off in Part 1 of this feature, we’re counting down our 50 picks of the best Kenyan music had to offer in 2016. As has been mentioned before, the competitiveness in music...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Music Videos of 2016
There seemed to be a saturation of ideas when it came to Kenyan music videos in 2016. With the current trend of having nearly every single an artist or band releases being accompanied by a music video,...
View ArticleShit Happens (Web Series Review)
Pembe Tatu Films / Life Dream Production; 2017 Dir. Gerald Langiri Life, as we currently now it, is but a series of highs and lows, feats and failures, mistakes and miracles – perhaps Nature’s way of...
View ArticleTunji – Mat Za Ronga
Inkverse Music; 2016 Dir. Richie-G For first-timers, travelling to Ongata Rongai from the centre of Nairobi using public means tends to be a rather peculiar experience. As one of Nairobi’s much farther...
View ArticleBilly Black – Untitled (EP Review)
Billy Black Studios; 2017 Kenya is currently going through a presidential election process that is turning out to be more of a democratic marathon than a short sprint. The country is deeply polarized...
View ArticleOscars 2018: Kenya Picks Kati Kati for Foreign Language Category
Mbithi Masya’s debut feature film Kati Kati is Kenya’s official submission to the Best Foreign Film category of the 90th Academy Awards (Oscars) slated for March 4, 2018. The film’s selection,...
View ArticleA Goat for a Vote (Documentary Review)
Een van de jongens / Venfilm; 2014 Dir. Jeroen van Velzen It is a well known fact that student leadership in Kenyan universities and other institutions of higher learning has always been inextricably...
View ArticleNew Music: Blinky Bill, Maia & The Big Sky, Abbas Kubaff, Stacy Kamatu, Ayano...
It’s yet another day full of new, not-so-new and buzzing music releases from around and about the Kenyan scene. Let’s get right into it: Blinky Bill – Cc God ft. Owuor Arunga & Sage Blinky Bill has...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Songs of 2017 – Part 1
Just as was the case with 2016, the past year in music was marked by a balanced contribution from the artists on either side of the popularity divide. The usual mainstream favourites stuck to their...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Songs of 2017 – Part 2
Here is the second part of our feature of what we think were the 50 best Kenyan songs released in 2017. Check out Part 1 for the initial batch of 25 goodies, if you haven’t already. Okay, let’s finish...
View ArticleBest Kenyan Music Videos of 2017
Most of the best Kenyan music videos of 2017 came from artists and directors who looked inwards for inspiration and authenticity. Some have used the realities of life in out cities as the fuel that...
View ArticlePACE Focus Headphones Review
Kshs. 5,500 via PACE Africa website.Great sound qualitySuper comfortableExcellent battery lifeQuestionable build quality of headbandSignificant leakage at high volumesNo active noise...
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