Osogo Winyo (left) and Tony Nyadundo during a past event at the Carnivore Restaurant, Nairobi. [Willis Awandu, Standard] When the song My Jaber by H_art the Band and Brizy Annechild first hit the ...

The charged and memorable performances by Luo benga artistes during the 58th Madaraka Day celebrations in Kisumu continues to stimulate fans days after the event. Though they were allocated only four ...

No genre of Kenyan music has had a greater impact in world music in the last 50 years than benga music, the dance music that evolved from the traditional sound of stringed instruments with modern pop ...

Kenge Kenge is an eight-person ensemble from Nairobi, Kenya, that specializes in benga, a traditional folk rhythm that dates to the 1940s. The group's name translates to "a fusion of small, ...

The Kenyan entertainment industry is yet again mourning the death of another Benga musician Eric Omondi Odit, popularly known as Omondi Long Lilo. The "Kon'go Shida" (alcohol is dangerous) hit maker ...

A few years ago, while on a trip to South Africa, I stumbled on a taxi driver in Cape Town playing some familiar music in his car stereo; the guitar licks were distinctly Kenyan. It turned out that ...