Tag: Afrobeat

Afrobeat is a Nigerian music genre that involves the combination of West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) and American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.

Afrobeat was developed in Nigeria in the late 1960s by Fela Kuti who, with drummer Tony Allen, experimented with different contemporary music of the time. Afrobeat was influenced by a variety of genres, such as highlife, fuji, and jùjú, as well as Yoruba vocal traditions, rhythm, and instruments.

In the late 1950s, Kuti left Lagos to study abroad at the London School of Music where he was exposed to jazz. He returned to Lagos and played a highlife-jazz hybrid, albeit, without commercial success.

[Music] Tekno – Jinja

Still can’t let the buzz fade away, the Nigerian popular and Afrobeat singer, Tekno satisfies the fans with a new song titled “Jinja”. Augustine Miles Kelechi popularly known as Tekno is a Nigerian Afrobeat singer and songwriter. He is one of the most celebrated Nigerian and African singers with lots of records with him. He […]

[Music] Portable – Odogwu Bitters

Portable – Odogwu Bitters Music has released a new track titled Odogwu Bitters, Street artiste aka ‘werey olorin’. Talented Act and songwriter, Portable bounces back on the music scene with a Potential Hit single titled ”Odogwu Bitters”. The new single serves as a follow up to his previously heard single titled, “ Gberatan”. The song “Odogwu Bitters” […]