From electrifying live performances to visually stunning productions, this year proved that music in Uganda is not just heard ...
Over the past decade, politics has consumed a generation of musicians, deeply dividing Uganda’s music industry, which analysts now predict has a bleak future. President Yoweri Museveni’s main ...
It’s not a rags to riches story, it’s better. The inspirational young dancers in the cast of Dance of Hope have transformed their lives from sleeping in the slums of Uganda to performing at Lincoln ...
The new documentary ‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’ follows the life of Ugandan pop star Bobi Wine and his attempt to oust Uganda’s authoritarian president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Wine challenged ...
Singer-guitarist Jon Muq got hooked on music after playing his cousin’s "We Are The World" CD so many times it broke. Jim Herrington Of the thousands of musicians who’ve moved to Austin, few have a ...
Top musicians like Sheeba Karungi, Spice Diana, Cindy, and Winnie Nwagi face direct attack for their silence Since the start of the week, calls to boycott musicians who have been silent on the ...
At 25, Ugandan singer-songwriter Joshua Baraka finds himself in a rare position—one that many artistes consciously pursue, yet only truly grow into with time. Across East Africa’s fast-evolving music ...
A Ugandan preacher has sensationally claimed that he has a prophecy that three prominent Ugandan musicians are going to die before 2018 if they do not repent. In the controversial prophecy, Apostle ...
Despite being called “immoral” by some politicians, this year’s Nyege Nyege festival celebrated diversity and innovation in contemporary African music. By Tom Faber KAMPALA, Uganda — Visitors ...
Sympathy, sympathy, sympathy! I hate sympathy seekers. I am getting fed up with big men who want to get everything by working on our emotions. And it all boils down to money. Real shillings and ...