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.

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 ...

I used to treat Kenyan music the way youtreat that one WhatsApp group that only sends “good morning” messages withglittering roses. Muted, mildly embarrassed and occasionally checked out ofguilt. For ...

Vic West, a music producer from Kenya, whose real name is Victor Amani, says he is a “shy genius”, even though he publicly confessed in a podcast last year that he has a massive ego. In an interview ...

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 ...

In mid-April, artistes, deejays, sound engineers, TikTokers and other content creators filled up Nairobi Street Kitchen for the official launch of Arbantone. An ordinary evening where the rains ...

Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music are popular with Kenyan Christians, but some are increasingly wary of their influence. In June, Kirk Franklin and Maverick City Music’s Chandler Moore performed ...

When Wadagliz, a music group from Kenya, dropped the now viral hit song ‘Anguka Nayo’, no one anticipated the far-reaching impact it would have. The group compiled cuts from their low-budget video ...

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Protests against Kenyan President William Ruto have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art. That's energizing the young Kenyans leading the protests, even as human rights groups say many of the ...

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 ...