The recent false alarm about Chief Mike Adenuga Jr.’s death was so influential that legendary musician Ebenezer Obey felt compelled to release a song debunking it. Back in the 1980s, Obey’s hit song “Ketekete” narrated the story of a horse…
*I’m alive, says Oyo monarch reported dead (Nation)*Lagos CP holds security meeting with area commanders (Punch)
I’m alive, says Oyo monarch reported dead (Nation) The Onjo of Okeho Oba Rafiu Osuolale Mustapha has debunked news of his rumoured death. The monarch said he has been receiving calls worldwide on his demise flying around social media. A…
Val Day Special: The Love Songs of K. Sunny Ade
Let us go then, you and I—you, dear reader and I, into the vast discography of Juju music’s most accomplished practitioner, King Sunny Ade, for the auspicious event of fishing out his love songs. Juju music, that variant of palmwine…
Salawa Abeni: A queen for the ages
Salawa Abeni is queen in a music genre where all the men are kings. Think back to her duet with Kollington. Remember her singing – Kollington professor, Salawa Waka Queen. Thisislagos reminds us why she is queen… Salawa Abeni’s…
Lagos High School Music Challenge kicks off on June 20
Secondary school students and lovers of live music are in for exciting times as a novel Lagos High School Music Challenge (LHSMC) kicks off. LHSMC is a unique music contest aimed at harnessing music talents among children and teenagers in…
Forget Paul Play Dairo, do you know IK Dairo? – Dami Ajayi
The First Time I heard IK Dairo’s Juju was in Lagos Traffic. This was sometime in 1997, a year after his untimely demise. My mother and I had happened upon an elderly gentleman peddling bootleg cassettes in a Lagos traffic.…