FELA'S COMPLETE WORK FOR LAUNCH IN MUSON.
The newly packaged complete musical works of Nigeria's afrobeat maestro, the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti are to be launched and presented to the public on Friday March 23 2007 at the Muson Center, Lagos. This endeavor is a collaborative effort between the Musical Society of Nigeria and the Evergreen Musical Company Limited, custodians of highlife music, versed in the collection and presentation of great musical works. The company has mastered and compressed a lifetime oeuvre of Fela's music in 157 musical compositions into 40 collective CD's
LADY D'S 'ALL OF ME'
Wife of former PMAN President Charles Oputa aka Charly boy, Lady D has finally released her much awaited album called 'All of me'. The South-Carolina born African-American mother of four, said she's been working on the album for close to 2 years. It's a ten track album with some of her songs being written by Cobhams, Asuquo, Sunny Neji, Sound Sultan among others.
A list of song titles in the album.
Hypertension
Love na Jeje
More Love
Pack and Go
Let's get it on
Rock you
Stand by you
Name and Number
Up's and Down's
STAR QUEST COMMENCES SCREENING.
Nigerian Breweries Plc sponsored Music Talent Hunt Competition 'Star Quest' has started a nation wide screening exercises in 6 zonal centres comprising of Jos, Lagos, Benin, Abuja, Owerri and Enugu, to pick possible members of the 6 lucky bands expected to vie for fame and fortune. A total of 36 music talents are expected to emerge from the screening exercise, which is expected to be rounded off on March 20th. These 36 will now enter into the Star Fame Land on March 30th, where they will form 6 bands to compete for fame and fortune. The winner will emerge April 28th 2007 in a live telecast. The star prize includes a whopping N5 million record deal, N1.8 million cash, a Mini Van and 1 year guaranteed accommodation in Lagos.
If you know anyone who has musical talent, encourage them to go pick a form. This is an opprtunity of a lifetime.
2 comments:
Linda,
Thanks immensely for blogging about the release of the complete collection of Fela's works. I came across it quite by accident because you do not generally cover the sort of subject matter I am into. But there's the power of Google for you.
Interestingly, this is the only mention of this event I can find online.
As a Nigerian living in London I simply would not have heard of it out here. And I am a huge fan. I still have fond memories of the times I visited Shrine when I lived in Lagos many years ago. And most of the Fela CD's on sale out here have very short versions of his songs because they've been released for the Western market. People like me need real thing.
I have already asked my people in Lagos to seek it out. And I anticipate many long hours of listening pleasure thank's to you.
Love lady di...never can imagine dat those two's marriage would last dis far. Really like 'love na jeje', she sang it with yr 'crush';). D video is nice as well.
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