Nigerian Idol: Auditions over, top 90 selected

AFTER months of intense search, the first phase of music reality show, Nigerian Idol, Season 3 has ended. The last two days of auditions held in Benin City and Lagos giving fans some of the...

IF I were asked to name the jazz artist of the year 2012 (as my contribution to the verdict of Downbeat Magazine) my choice would be Ravi Coltrane, the son of the late great saxophone legend, whose influence continues to loom largely over today’s...

Array of stars for D’banj’s Koko Concert    Having parted ways with his long time friend and partner in Mo Hit’s Record, Don Jazzy, there were doubts over the possibility of D’banj staging his yearly Koko Concert. But few...

FOUR years have passed since the avant garde drummer, Rashied Ali, passed on, and yet, jazz devotees, critics and fellow musicians have not stopped talking about his expressionistic free jazz drumming, which helped to define the experimental style...

AT the formal unveiling of housemates for the 2012 edition of Next Movie Star TV reality show, pretty Halimat Aitsegame looked very calm and calculated.
Though in for a contest, the light-skinned lady was relaxed, beaming with those smiles that...

OFA comes to town with No Lies

NEW soul act, Oris Fadekemi Ann, aka OFA, is set to storm the Nigerian music scene with her debut album, No Lies.
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State-trained food technologist started her musical career in...

THE legendary pianist, Dave Brubeck, passed on last week, Wednesday. According to his manager, Russell Floyd, the pianist died of heart failure, having been stricken on his way to keep an appointment with his cardiologist.
Brubeck would have been...