Louise Carver’s new album ‘Look To The Edge’ was released in ....South Africa.... on February 15th, 2010. The album's 1st single ‘Warrior’ featuring Zulu Boy is currently being delivered to all South African contemporary radio. With ‘Look To The Edge’, Louise wanted to achieve an edgier electronic/pop progression with an infusion of South African rhythms and percussion into her sound that would have strong appeal to both South African and international audiences. This was a major theme in her approach to the song writing and production of the new album. ....

‘Look To The Edge’s 1st single ‘Warrior’ featuring Zulu Boy is the album’s leading example of this infusion. Louise Carver wrote ‘Warrior’ with a particular rhythm in mind and then combined Zulu drums into an exciting electronic sound to complete the song. Zulu Boy stood out as a great potential collaborator for ‘Warrior’ both to re-enforce its message as well as to legitimise the musical references that created it. His compelling rap and contribution to the percussive sounds in the song shot ‘Warrior’ forward as the best way to introduce ‘Look To The Edge’ as the albums 1st single to Louise Carver’s substantial South African audience......

Kwabena Kwabena - Game Changer for African Music

Kwabena, Kwabena will be making his first appearance in America in New York City, on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at the Park Central Ballroom courtesy of Boogie Down Nima Productions.

If there is a face to African indigenous soul music movement, it is probably Kwabena Kwabena. The respect he receives from other artists has been driven by his uncompromising success as well as from the unselfishness he has shown in support of other up-and-coming singers and musicians. A tirelessly touring artist, Kwabena, Kwabena vocals can be heard on countless albums by other artists such as Daddy Lumba, Okyeame Kwame , Tinny , Kontihene , Castro, and Obrafour. That peer love appears to only be exceeded by the near fanatical following he has among a surprisingly large fan base, both old and young, making him a sort of Highlife soul royalty. Kwabena, Kwabena has dominated African radio and he is quickly changing the game and the sound of African Highlife music.

Busi Mhlongo, Big Nuz, Thandiswa, Black Coffee, HHP, Parlotones, Teargas, lead the nominations for the MTN SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC AWARDS, 16th edition.

Below is the full list of nominees.

Album of the Year
Busi Mhlongo Amakholwa Believers
BLK JKS After Robots
Big Nuz Undisputed
Teargas Dark Or Blue
Selaelo Selota Lapeng Laka

Best Duo / Group
Big Nuz Undisputed
Teargas Dark Or Blue
Joyous Celebration Vol. 13 Live At The Mosaiek Theatre - JHB

J-TOWN, who is only months away from launching his debut album under the Killa One West Label, has recently released a free, downloadable mixtape experience titled ““J-Mixes”. The H.O.O .D Ent sponsored 15 track mixtape presents smash mixes like “Every girl” and “Take your shirt off”, as well as several freestyle tracks, giving us a sneak peak of what’s yet to come. J-Mixes was made available to the public via this LimeLinx link on February 11, 2010.

The album is featured on various African Entertainment sites such as RANDD.WORDPRESS.COM and LIFESTYLZGH.COM

Africa's Grammy's are back after a long hiatus. After releasing the nominees for the regional and non-regional categories in 2008, not much was heard about Kora's. The awards ceremony is now scheduled for April 4th, 2010 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and there have been different stages of nominations. The semi-final stage is next in March and that would lead to the awarding of Africa's best musicians in April.

Here is the full schedule

# 06/02/2010Reopening of votes by SMS

Tribe X Entertainment, a marketing and events management company, named the 2008 Best US Based Promoter of the Year, by the Nigerian Entertainment Award Committee in New York, introduces; Green October: The Re-branding Of Nigeria through music.

Ola!

Last week Koldproduk shot a music video with French artiste Greg Basso in Johannesburg.
We had the talented brothers from Gorilla films direct it, themed around Alice In Wonderland, and the whole thing was shot in green screen.

We invited various media, and also shot some behind- the-scenes and conducted interviews - it was great

T*Spark played Alice, Moki played The Jester, and Greg played The Mad Hatter, while some friends form bookFace and Freeze Frame played various other roles in the music video.
And you can see pimp DJ Soosh in stylish character there as well.

New artists, film projects, philanthropic endeavors, and solid results for sponsors marked a year of growth and success for Boogie Down Nima Productions (BDN).

Boogie Down Nima Productions (BDN) based in Bronx, NY and Accra, Ghana navigated the turbulent waters of recession-plagued 2009 successfully with positive results in attendance, artist growth and sponsor satisfaction in its annual productions. With a series of events including the launching of a Tuition Scholarship Program in Ghana, a supplemental feeding program for rural village schools and a bright future for its roster of artists, BDN is positioning itself for even greater results in 2010. In spite of what many believed to be a "down" year due to the economy; the majority of BDN events did exceedingly well. Boogie Down Nima Productions focused on promoting international understanding through music and confronting some of the devastating effects of endemic poverty and inequality. BDN programs focus on education, community health, food nutrition, and community arts.

Reckon Muthaland Crunksters Jozi are the only African hip-hop crew able to swagger with consciousness? Meet rising Zimbabwean stars G.P.B (Get Paper Boyz).

Thanks to their funky fresh cocktail of hip-hop and dancehall, Sean and Tyronne - that's Young Don and Rudeboy-T to their fans - are carving a niche of their own in the clubs. The success of their first three singles "Buk it Up", "Gonna be there" and "I Just Might" , has made G.P.B. one of the hottest acts to watch in 2010.

Following killer sets at Flava Thurzday at Club Premium in Rivonia, the duo got the nod to perform at Veejay Nonhle Thema's Birthday Party @ Club Inc in Braamfontein alongside gospel hop star Jub Jub.

Tosin Martins popular for the hit song, Olo Mi, has been working on the follow up to his debut album, “Happy Day”. Tosin Martins has re-imagined his music and working with Storm Records he is returning with a more urban sound and not just gospel music, he is in the process of delivering a mature album with beautifully crafted records.