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Anancy Festival 2025 Celebrates Caribbean Heritage with Stories, Music, and Culture
Jamaicans.com
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July 7, 2025
The Island SPACE Caribbean Museum welcomed over 250 guests on Saturday, June 28, 2025, for the fourth consecutive year of hosting the Anancy Festival—a lively family event rooted in Caribbean folklore, storytelling, and cultural expression. Now in...
Musicians ready to take careers to next level after funding awarded
Herald (South Africa)
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July 3, 2025
Premium By Simtembile Mgidi - 03 July 2025 For two rising Eastern Cape musicians, the National Arts Festival has turned into a life-changing milestone. Platinum category winner Mthokozisi Mabuza and gold category winner Nomabotwe Mtimkhulu have...
Music and Memories: Concert Organizer John Taylor Brings the World to Small Towns
River Cities' Reader - Iowa
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July 3, 2025
John Taylor doesn’t have to go far to hear first-class live music. Since 2014, the friendly Iraq war veteran and computer programmer has hosted concerts at his home in tiny Cambridge, Illinois, 31 miles southeast of Moline. Many artists, however,...
Sun Goddess’ Vanya Mangaliso and musician Feya Faku laid to rest
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 6, 2025
Vanya Mangaliso and Feya Faku died just three days apart. Fashion designer Vanya Mangaliso and musician Feya Faku, who died just three days apart, were separately laid to rest on Saturday. Sun Goddess founder Mangaliso passed away on the 26th of...
Sonologyst: Planetarium – Album Review & Interview
Louder Than War
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July 6, 2025
Sonologyst: Planetarium (Cold Spring) Out Now CD Composed of raw data files from radio waves, electromagnetic fields and plasma fluctuations captured on recordings from NASA, the new album from Sonologyst, Planetarium, sees the sonic...
Bright Chimezie Seals Major Deal To Digitally Expand His Music Catalogue
Information Nigeria
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July 6, 2025
Highlife legend Bright Chimezie has signed a major distribution and digital partnership deal with ONErpm, marking another milestone just weeks after inking a publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing. Through this new alliance, Chimezie’s...
UPDATED: When the music plays, the guilty tremble: Those implicated in Magaqa's assassination may face the law
Daily News
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July 6, 2025
The testimony of Sibusiso Ncengwa (37) opens the door for the masterminds, coordinators, and hitmen implicated in the brutal murder of Sindiso Magaqa, former Secretary General of the ANC Youth League in September 2017, to face the full force of...
New Goodwill Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomono...
Modern Ghana
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On June 29, 2025, the First Congress of Ambassadors of the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University took place in Moscow. The event was organized by the Russia–Africa Club at Lomonosov Moscow State University with the support of the...
Lagos Set For 3-Day Musical Tribute ‘The Noble Warrior’ For Wole Soyinka’s 91st Birthday
Sahara Reporters
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Lagos is set to witness a captivating three-day theatre spectacle as final preparations conclude for ‘The Noble Warrior (Eni Ogun),’ a Black musical masterpiece scheduled to run from July 11 to 13 at the historic Glover Memorial Hall. With...
When the music plays, the guilty tremble: Those implicated in Magaqa's assassination may face the law
Daily News
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July 6, 2025
The testimony of Sibusiso Ncengwa (37) opens the door for the masterminds, coordinators, and hitmen implicated in the brutal murder of Sindiso Magaqa, former Secretary General of the ANC Youth League in September 2017, to face the full force of...
African and Caribbean International Festival of Life denied South Loop location
Hyde Park Herald - Illinois
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Organizers of the annual African and Caribbean International Festival of Life say they were forced to relocate their three-day event at the last minute after the city denied their permit. Dr. Ephraim Martin, the festival’s founder, said at a...
Malaysian Devotional Music Group Makes Impact At Algeria Festival
Bernama
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July 6, 2025
By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, July 6 (Bernama) -- Malaysian devotional music group Inteam captivated audiences at the 11th Constantine International Chanting Festival in Algeria, bridging cultural and linguistic divides during their debut North...
IB Ben Bako returns as host for Ambusa Experience’s African Ball in US
Joy FM
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July 6, 2025
Ghanaian media personality and master of ceremonies based in the United States of America, IB Ben Bako, is set to host the Ambusa Experience: The African Ball Edition 2025 for the second consecutive year. The event takes place at the Holiday Inn...
Que Montana shakes the world with sixth album
The Standard
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Afro-Pop musician, Que Montana INTERNATIONAL Afro-Pop musician, Que Montana, has surprised many following announcements of his grand return on the global musical stage, armed with Afrivo Rhythms, a sizzling and sixth album. The album was released...
African music is a global commodity, but governments aren't helping - Motolani Alake
GhanaWeb
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July 2, 2025
Nigerian music executive Motolani Alake has stated that African music has become a powerful tool for drawing global attention to the continent. However, he noted that despite this achievement, African governments have not done enough to support...
I want to project East African music to the world—Juma Jux
Punch
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July 5, 2025
Tanzanian singer, fashion entrepreneur, and record label executive, Juma Mkambala, popularly known as Juma Jux, has expressed his deep commitment to taking East African music and culture to the global stage. Jux, who recently tied the knot with...
Nutty O’s new album ‘Too Much’ arrives July 8, packed with love
New Zimbabwe
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July 5, 2025
By Tapiwa Svondo AWARD-winning Afro-fusion artist Nutty O is set to shake the music scene once more with his second solo project of the year, a powerful ode of love and positivity titled “Too Much.” The album, which is slated to drop on July 8,...
Feya Faku (1962-2025): South African jazz trumpeter who made the expressive ballad his trademark
Scroll.in
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July 5, 2025
Lex Futshane, the South African bass player in the 1992 student band NU Jazz Connection, was the first to tell me that the great South African jazz trumpeter Feya Faku had died while touring Switzerland on June 23. He was born on June 6, 1962 and...
TOTO Founding Member STEVE PORCARO Announces New Album 'The Very Day'
Blabbermouth - California
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July 5, 2025
Steve Porcaro — legendary songwriter, synth pioneer, and founding member of TOTO — makes a long-awaited return this fall with "The Very Day", his first solo album since 2016. Out October 3 on Green Hill Music, the album begins its reveal with the...
Tiwa Savage marks 12 years of debut album ‘Once Upon…
The Cable Lifestyle
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July 5, 2025
Tiwa Savage, the Nigerian singer, has celebrated 12 years of ‘Once Upon a Time’, her debut album. The album was released in 2013 and features hit songs such as ‘Kele Kele Love’, ‘Love Me’, ‘Without My Heart’, ‘Ife Wa Gbona’, ‘Folarin’, ‘Olorun...