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Growing up Luhya, there were fewer things more blasphemous than calling your senje, aunt. Worse, auntie. But who is senge or senje anyway? Highlights According to Sauti Sol’s senje is …
It is easy to imagine a rap battle. But a wedding song battle? Move over Kayamba Roots. Step up Steve Kay. To Kayamba Roots, nothing personal. Because as far as …
If you thought “Mbe Omukhasi” was a one off punt, “Khalinjola” screams: this is it! This is Steve Kay. At one time, that was just a name lost among the …
With Khalinjola, Steve Kay Stays True To Experimental Style Read More »
The politics — the allegory — of this libukusu folk hit by Wanjala Okumu can never be debunked without partaking of this ritual. For the audience to flay through the …
Unpacking the Music Video to Kutalang’i : Behind the Allegory of Wanjala Okumu’s Hit Read More »
Bindu Bichenjanga by Amos Barasa is contemporary Bukusu pop music. Barasa is a young man, probably not yet thirty, who represents a breed of new age Kenyan musicians comfortable singing …
The stimulating, emotional folk song “Kutalang’i” has an intro that harps on the familiar with the characteristic Bukusu folk music music staccato rhythm of Litungu and Chisasi in uncomfortable harmony. …
