Skin Tosh and Ajambo Barbie both hail from Mbale and have established themselves in the local scene. Their performance at the recent Bayimba Regional Festival in Mbale was well received, reason why they are now scheduled to perform at the Bayimba International Festival to present themselves to a larger crowd
Category archives: 2014
Angela Kalule
Born in Mengo, Kampala in 1977, Angela Kalule started her singing odyssey like many other musicians, in infancy. Her experience with belting vocals at Aga Khan nursery school in Nairobi as well as in church Sunday school set the foundation for her entry into the professional music circles in Uganda. Her break through into the …
Haruna Mubiru
A former member of Eagles’ Production, Haruna Mubiru started his own career and formed his own band, Kream Productions, in 2011. Two years later he launched his album “Binyuma”. Haruna is known for “Ekitooke Kifa Nsalira”, the song that shot him into the limelight. His recent album launch has already proven that Haruna is a …
Sandra
Sandra is a talented female artist that hails from Jinja in Eastern Uganda. She started performing music when she was 7 years. Her professional music career however blossomed in 2011 when her vocal versatility earned her a record deal from sound box recording studio for her first single “Some Time”. Soon she she boosted her …
SMADJ
Tunesia-born Jean-Pierre Smadja, or ‘Smadj’, has a passion for two things: music and technology. He was influenced from an early age by an eclectic mix of Oriental and Brazilian music, jazz, funk and soul. As a guitarist, Smadj toured the jazz clubs of Paris with a variety of groups, such as French band Faudel and …
Runyonga
Ruyonga is a Ugandan Gospel Hip Hop artist collaborating with YEGO Productions Ltd under Kinetic Management Group (KMG). Having been out of the country for about a decade, he seems to be making up for lost time. Ruyonga’s music seems to cut across different ages and class brackets, but mostly urban youth and young adults. …
CAB
CAB – that is brought to you by Alliance Française Kampala – is the meeting of African, Caribbean and Brazilian music orchestrated by Canonge (A Carib from the Caribbean) – Adriano( Brazilian from Brazil) – Bassy (an African from Cameroon) Mario Canonge Mario Canonge is a pianist from Martinique. He started playing in his teen …
Ary Morais
Ary Morais (1974) is a guitarist, singer and songwriter from Cape Verde with a strong connection to Norway since 1995. He is one of the most popular artists in Norway within the world music genre, with his modern version of traditional music from his native country such as Coladera, Morna, Batuqe and Funana. Morais released …
Ras Alex
Ras Alex is Ugandan, born as Alex Ssegujja in Mukono. He grew up in Nsambia, Kampala, always loving reggae music and creating his own songs. He started recording his music in 2011 and all the songs that have been released in his name up to now were written and composed by himself, for example sufferation, …
Chrispin Ngabirama
Chrispin Ngabirama is the 8th child in a family of eleven from Rwanda. He was born in Bujumbura, Burundi because his parents sought refuge from the genocide in Rwanda. Already as a little boy Chrispin used to sing in church together with his old brother and was inspired by the Kings of Reggae and African …