Kitui county is home to many celebrated artistes, but this year it will play homage to many from not just KItui but also neighbouring counties.The lead guitar will play a tad louder, the sopranos will ...

My land is Kenya, right from your highlands to the sea/You'll always stay with me here in my heart, here in my heart/You only got one childhood/And the memories that spring/When you see your house, ...

The Baobabs Festival returns this December for its annual New Year’s Eve celebration, adding a new chapter to over a decade of New Year's celebrations in ...

Kenya is marking 60 years since its independence from British colonial rule on December 12, 1963. Each year, the country celebrates the occasion with a national holiday, Jamhuri Day. And for much of ...

The party is in Kenya, but the vibe is distinctly Americana: a sea of cowboy hats and boots with a soundtrack of whisky-soaked tales about heartbreak and good ol' boys. Kenya has become the unlikely ...

In the summer of 2024, protests in Kenya against an unpopular tax-raising proposal led to at least 60 deaths, mostly at the hands of police, according to a local watchdog group. Undeterred, scores of ...

Protests against Kenyan President William Ruto have sparked a new wave of music, poetry and art. That's energizing the young Kenyans leading the protests, even as human rights groups say many of the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Saheem Ali’s musical, about the goddess of music finding refuge and love at an Afro-jazz club in Mombasa, Kenya, has been nearly 20 years in the making. “Goddess,” opening May ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...

Michael Stock has been hosting “Folk & Acoustic Music” on WLRN, South Florida Public Radio for over 30 years. Michael was introduced to folk music back in high school when a teacher at Miami Beach ...