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Geco Café: Slithering with good vibes in Nairobi

Breakfast at Geco Café along Mbaazi Avenue, It feels like the right place to be. Being on-trend in the restaurant business isn’t difficult, sniff the [Read More…]

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WYNTON MARSALIS interactive session with Kenyan artists: Mythology of Jazz, improvisation and creativity

Wynton Marsalis, an American Jazz Legend; composer, bandleader, trumpeter and nine-time Grammy Award winner, is internationally renowned for his ingenuity and instrumental virtuosity. He is [Read More…]

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Classical Music FEATURED

A Kenyan Opera: Nyanga The Runaway Grandmother

Nostalgia of all kinds played a part at the live showcase of Nyanga: Runaway Grandmother in Nairobi, Kenya. From 6th – 8th November 2020, audiences witnessed Extracts from Nyanga: Runaway [Read More…]

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Classical Music

Beethoven 250 Years on, A Spirited awakening in Kenya

As Narrated by Levi Wataka Ludwig Van Beethoven was one more ‘western classical composer’ to me for many years. Borodin, Berlioz, Brahms, Buxtehude were all [Read More…]

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Artist Spotlight Classical Music

David Ralak: A visionary pioneering figure with great virtuosity

David Otieno Ralak, is a Nairobi man fully conscious of his extraordinary talent. He isn’t one to waste words, neither does he waste any describing [Read More…]

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Classical Music FEATURED

Kenyan Classical Musicians keep the music alive in the wake of COVID-19

As weeks morphed to months following the imposition of economic and cultural lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resumption of live music performance [Read More…]

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Artist Spotlight Jazz Spotlight

Pilani Bubu: Jazz Breaks Me Open. Songs from Across Africa for International Jazz Day

The ninth annual International Jazz Day celebrations was slated to take place in Cape Town and other cities across South Africa. Due to the unprecedented [Read More…]