K'Naan Warsame is one of my favorite rappers. His lyrics are deep, on point, conscious, and real. He combines spoken word artistry with African rhythms and his life experiences. He has gone through a lot and he sums it up in one line - "If I rhymed about home and got descriptive, I'll make 50 Cent look like Limp Bizkit".

Yesterday, I attended my first K'Naan concert. I am not done seeing K'Naan perform because the energy he and his band bring on stage and to the crowd is something music fans want again and again. My friends and I got to the club (where he was going to be performing) around 11 but he didn't show up on stage until 12 midnight. The DJ played some good tunes to keep the crowd dancing but personally I would have rather sat somewhere and listened to some K'Naan tunes in anticipation of his performance. Hearing lines like "I'm so sick my rhyme book throws a fit/ I need a vaccination just so I can spit my own shit" (from African way) have to be better than trying to have a good time while waiting for K'Naan to show up.

I saw Oliver Mtukudzi perform over the weekend in San Francisco (Yoshi's). I missed a chance to see him perform once and after my friends who attended that concert praised him, I decided not to miss the Tuku man if he came to perform somewhere near me. The jury is out on Tuku, he's great in concert. The man was full of energy, he was great on his guitar and his Black Spirits band backed him up really well.

Oliver Mtukudzi is the best-selling artiste in Zimbabwe and probably its most famous musician. Tuku, as he is affectionately called, was the first African musician to feature on the cover of the TIME AFRICA magazine in April 2003. The central article was entitled 'The People’s Voice?' and talked about how Zimbabwean musicians sing about change amidst all the problems in the country.

AFRO-DIASPORIC GROOVALICIOUS FUNKADOCIOUSNESS!!!
WE'RE BAAAACK!!

Wzup FAM! It's been awhile but we're back and in full effect! The summer has been a productive one - full of hot recording, new connexions, some backstage wheelin' n' dealin', and a few special surprises coming up in the next few weeks. In short, we cannot wait to unveil all the fiyah' fo' ya!

The first project we are launching this fall is the Take Back the Mic(TBTM) tour. In typical Soulfège style, we are using our music as a means to empower youth across the country, challenging a generation to "take back the mic" and speak for itself. Visit http://takebackthemic.com to learn more about the project and become a member of the TBTM movement.

AFRO-DIASPORIC GROOVALICIOUS FUNKADOCIOUSNESS!!!

Soulfège BACK IN THE BEAN!
A concert to celebrate our new management deal with multi-platinum
record producer and Eurythmics founder, Dave Stewart!

feat. Soulfège, Iyeoka (www.iyeoka.com), and other special guests
Saturday, June 9th
Bill's Bar
Doors 8:30pm
18+, $10
www.billsbar.com

This will be Soulfège's last performance in Boston for awhile as we
get underway with new management! Boston is where it all began, come

http://www.brooklyncenteronline.org

Date: March 10, 2007
Time: 8 PM local time

Single Ticket Price:
A: $35 B: $30 C: $ 20
Multibuy Price:
A: $30 B: $26 C: $ 17

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  Artistes Awilo Longomba
  Album Mondongo
  Year 2004
  Writer Awilo Longomba
  Language French
  Track # 1
  Runtime 4:34
  Video URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ubDI6Ioaxk&

Nameless aka David Mathenge is back in the spotlight after the release of the single, Sinzia. Sinzia in Swahili means "falling asleep/day dreaming" and the chorus "nasinzia nikikuwaza" translates as "I'm thinking of you as I fall asleep". This is a slow-paced song, which is also quite different from hits like Ninanoki, Wailai, Juju and Boomba train. David is a great performer as well, having seen him live in the United States once. I think Ninanoki was the first East African song I got used to.