Pirate’s Choice Internationale has announced that they will present the first annual JuJu Fest, a ten-night celebration of West African music that will take place during this year’s Jazz Fest in New ...

Senegalese bassist Alune Wade has been exploring global musical connections for more than a decade. He worked on Marcus ...

Jùjú music traces its roots to the traditional, mostly drum based music of the Yoruba, one of Nigeria’s largest ethnic groups. Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Ade began playing the music ...

Born into YorKing Sunny Adeuba royalty in Nigeria, King Sunny Ade has spent the last 45 years defining and transforming the Nigerian music known as juju, bringing that sound of traditional Yoruba ...

‘King Sunny Adé is not dead.” That was the headline in one Nigerian news source earlier this spring, as rumors of the great juju bandleader’s death circulated around his homeland. Speaking on the ...

As a thematic mission statement, “African Rhythms” lays it out. As a musical mission statement, “African Rhythms” was equally explicit. With its clamorous percussion bedding, the track is driving, ...

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From I.K Dairo’s refreshing contribution, to King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, the legendary ying-yang of Juju music, Dami Ajayi traces the evolution of a genre which spanned the oil ...

After Bob Marley’s death in 1981, Island Records was keen on signing another international black artist whose appeal would slice across ethnic and cultural boundaries. Rather than plucking a reggae ...

The Bay Area blues scene has thrived ever since World War II brought an influx of African Americans to the region. Two decades later, Bill Graham started presenting blues artists on the same bill as ...

Afrobeats is now a worldwide phenomenon rather than a local sound. Afrobeats has emerged as one of Africas most important cultural exports with albums on Spotify and Apple Music dominating playlists ...