Month: March 2013

Last week Dela was at TreeHouse, and this week, TreeHouse goes Swahili.

This Thursday, Juma Tutu will be at Tree-House and if you fancy a bit of taarab, mwanzele and bango, then this is the event for you. Below is his bio.

Hailing from a musical family, Tutu was born Juma Abdalla Atibu in the heart of Mombasa. His father was a guitarist performing in local bars, whereas his mother sang in the church choir. Tutu, Juma’s adapted stage name is the Swahili word for beauty spot. In his second year of high school, Juma sang at various entertainment spots in order to earn his fees. Through his musical endeavours, he found the saxophone. His uncle Nahashon Mganga, a retired army officer who repaired saxophones taught him how to play it.

The years 1999 and 2000 saw him play with the Santa Ngoma band and later the Generations Band at the Serena Hotel in Mombasa. He then joined Bango Sounds where Mzee Ngala further trained him. His mastery of the saxophone led him to back Mzee Ngala. In 2001, Juma got the opportunity to join Them Mushroom band (Know for their world class hit Jambo bwana) in Nairobi. He played with them until 2003, when through the support of a well-wisher he was able to acquire musical equipment and form his own band, the Tutu Band.

In 2005, Juma Tutu became one of the winning finalists of the Spotlight on Kenyan Music competition organized by the Alliance Francaise and his song ‘Nakupenda kama Sukari’ was included in the compilation album. Juma has been inspired by ‘Mzee’ Joseph Ngala (Bango Sounds), Fela Kuti, Hugh Masekela, Manu de Bango, John Coltrane and Joshua Redman. As the years have worn on, Juma has grown as an individual and as a musician. Through his experiences, he has come up with a new style of music which he calls, Swahili Jazz.

Juma tackles very relevant social issues like Health, love,humor, peace and unity among others. Some of his most popular hits include Tahadhari, Kimombasa, Undugu and Nakupenda kama Sukari.

I’ve written quite a bit about this song.

Alisha Popat collaborated with Zolani Mahola of Freshly ground, and Peter Hollens, here is the link for the video Oh Africa. That the Moipei Quartet and Teto Tutuma did the background vocals, you know. I’m also hoping you watched the video. Read about it here. The Moipei Qaurtet also performed and boy weren’t they amazing on stage!

I do not believe in horoscopes and star signs. With that said, Scorpios rule. All the rest drool. Now that i am done asserting the fact that Scorpio is the best star sign, we can get into the good news.

If you happen to be an Aries baby, Crooked Qs is throwing down a sick party on your behalf. All you have to do is to show up actually. The party will be held on the 30th of March -yeah, Saturday so you have no excuse not to attend.

The party will run from 9pm straight through to 6am. The DJ on the decks will be DJ Andie and the party will be at Crooked Qs Upstairs. So if you or a loved one is an Aries baby, you should probably find your way on down to Westlands and get to the Aries party.

The party is hosted by DJ Slique.

Winyo Winyo Winyo. Where do I begin?

I waxed lyrical about him here when he had a concert earlier this month. 

Well he will be at Choices this Thursday, and you have no excuse not to attend seeing as friday is good friday and therefore a holiday.

According to Ketebul’s website, he was born Shiphton Onyango. Winyo adopted his artistic name ‘Winyo’, which is a Luo word (a tribe from the Lake Victoria region of Western Kenya) for “a bird”. The reason for this becomes apparent once you hear him sing. His voice has been likened to that of a singing bird.

Winyo is described as a singer/songwriter and arranger of great sensitivity and also plays the guitar, backed by his 4 piece band of accomplished musicians. He derives his music and musical strength from his fore fathers, whose African music was rich in melody and traditional harmonies. His musical style ranges from traditional Luo melodies infused with witty story lines, afro fusion and afro jazz, to a contemporary interpretation of Benga, transformed into an authentic acoustic sound. His powerful yet mellow vocals are the icing on the cake that makes listening to Winyo, an almost heavenly experience.

Winyo sings in his paternal language of Dholuo, Swahili and English. His stories address a myriad of social issues ranging from the plight of homeless children to courtship and love stories. He started off as part of the critically acclaimed and accomplished trio named ‘Rateng’ (which means Black in Luo), cutting his teeth as the composer, vocalist and guitarist of the group. Winyo was instrumental in the writing and composing of the group’s album titled ‘Thumology’, which was released in 2009.
In 2010, Winyo was shortlisted as one of the ten finalists in the Radio France International (RFI) Discoveries. He went on to be the overall first runners up. This was followed by a second nomination and top ten shortlisting in RFI Discoveries in 2011.

Two interesting facts I got from the site, is that he wrote and arranged Niwe, Nguga ii Baiskeli, Malaika (Arrangement), Fever (arrangement) for Valerie Kimani’s debut album Baiskeli. He’s also the singer behind Angalia Saa for Ukoo Fulani Mau Mau. Winyo is also a professional photographer, actor and a TV producer. He is currently the executive video producer for a Kenyan media company called Big foot productions, which has produced several local TV shows.

On Friday, a popular entertainment magazine alleged a budding relationship between Shaffie Weru and Madharau Mirfat. The pullout magazine claimed that there was a fledgling relationship in the offing because the pair had been seen checking into Jameson Party together.

Apparently they were seen hand in hand and they had a security detail to protect them. Clearly, that constitutes a relationship…. Anyway, Shaffie has now come out to deny the allegations and said the two are merely friends -wait, did Shaffie Weru just friendzone Mirfat?

Anyway, they have apparently been friends for a long time now and they were just friends out on a night and looking to have fun. Actually, what he said was, “It’s such a joke for anyone to say we are dating. That vibe isn’t flowing.”

Last week was a special week for me and I chose to kick it at Treehouse. Why? Read on.

I like to take walks when my head is clouded or misty with thoughts, and Thursday 21st March was one of those days. As I walked to museum hill, my mind was suspended in that place between anticipation and fret. Is fret even a noun? Oh well, soon as I got to Tree House where Dela would dazzle, my fears seemed to dissipate, the ambiance was awesome, the music relaxing, my angst vanished. In it’s place, excitement set in.

I’d never heard Dela sing live, and here she was, about to take to the stage and transport me to the same place she leaves me at when I hear weche tek or war in my heart. War in my heart, have you heard that Beyonce-esque note she hits towards the end of the song? Perfect climax. Then there’s paukwa pakawa! I was busy chatting up people before the show that I forgot I was meant to find a seat!.

There she was, looking pensive almost, nerves take their toll on you when the weight of the world is seemingly of your shoulders. And as a musician whose reputation precedes you, nothing could be further from the truth. I said hi, engaged her in a tete a tete and then asked her to try be zen. I like that word alot, that and channeling your energies, it’s what you become when you have worked or live with yogis. She got to the stage and that electrifying air of expectation was pungent! I could not wait for her to sing me away, and as soon as she opened her mouth to say ‘wassup people’ I shivered with nervous energy. This was gonna be a great show, intuition never lies.

And a great show it was, from Ulivyo where she openly trounced the guys with her lower register to war in my heart where she hit that note only operatic sopranos pull off with ease, we ebbed and flowed with where her belted notes began and her soft purrs ended. Lemmi tell you, when a white woman shrieks every word to weche tek, then you know you have the world eating from the palm of your hands! How! No really, how did this white mama learn the words to weche tek?

Ofcourse the highlight of my evening, was when she led the charged crowd in singing happy birthday to me. The women next to me were oohed and awwed, I blushed like a teenager high on testasterone upsurges. The show was epic, I kid you not. When you are on stage backed by Moses Odumbe of Santuri and Villagers band, Brian Omondi drummer extraordinaire and Allan wanjohi on vocals and bass, you know you have a ‘fire-proof’ team. The keys guy was fantastic, sadly I didn’t get his name.

Just when we thought the show was over and that it was time to hit the road, the manager demanded an encore which was echoed loudly. Dela cleverly ‘evaded’ that ‘trap’ and guess who she picked on? Sauti sol who’d just checked into the building from Atemi’s listening party at Sankara. I’d reported that she will be launching her album next week. Well her listening party was yesterday.

The final song was their duet with Dela, mama papa, and the crowds hang on to Delvin’s every word, even serenading Dela when he asked them to. Great concerts are made of this! The next time I recommend a gig, please attend. Please.

I just gave an ‘eye witness account’of how the Dela event went down last Thursday. There’s more.

I saved the best for last. Courtesy of Culture Connect, here are some of the pictures, see the rest of them at their Facebook page. Savour them! Read my account of this event here.

I doubt that when he penned the article “Out With The Old In With The Old”, Buzz’s Boniface Mwalii knew he was courting controversy… Or maybe he did. Who knows. The article in question might have been a strongly worded thinly veiled attack on K24.

It appeared on Sunday’s Buzz issue on the 24th of March. The article was about the recent re-branding of K24 and the poaching they have been doing. Boniface Mwalii’s piece was in a word, scathing. But that was an opinion piece that gave his take.

Whatever his play was, it lit a fire with Kenyans On Twitter speculating on whether the article was NMG’s stand on K24’s attempts at gutting Citizen by poaching most of it’s news anchors. Boniface spoke about the fact that the news started a whole 30 minutes late. Instead of starting at 9pm, it started at 9:30pm. Then he tore into the anchors “mitumba 2 3/4 piece suits”. Burn!

<Boniface Mwalii is the lad on the left>

Burn he didn’t stop there. He railed at the graphics design of the whole station and poked fun at whether the K24 top brass ran out of money before they could poach Citizen’s graphics designer. The article was hilarious to say the least but it raised quite the storm.

Here are some of the comment that were tweeted about the article:

“@iwittness naona mmenza ka tweef na @K24Tv“

“@iWITTness ‘Out with the old, in with the old.’ What a piece!!!!”

“@iWITTness Haha, hit below the belt on this one. Lmfao”

“@iwittness 4ua info SKCORD tv begun on a worse footing b4 WW put whea it’s been-kudos UK24!”

Read about how NMG lost out when one of their top presenters on Q Fm quit. And read about Maina Kageni’s switch to Nation Media Group.

Earlier today, Saliva Vic -1FM employee- tweeted about Ghafla having been hacked. I honestly don’t know where this rumour emanated from… No, actually i do. Ghafla was down for most of Friday and over the weekend.

Again, i need to reiterate. What Ghafla is basically going through is growing pains. Actually more like teething problems. The site has been experiencing some discomfort from the growth in traffic. We have actually had to shut down the hits counter so that our website host doesn’t keep shutting us down.

That strategy fell flat after a short few hours because even with the hit counter off, we still went over what they consider to be normal traffic or an African site (!) and so they shut us down again. When this happened, our web developer suggested that we take the down time and do something constructive; switch servers.

That tok the better part of the weekend and i’m not sure whether that was completed. Soon as i do, you will too. So no Saliva Vic, Ghafla wasn’t shut down. and trust that we “know people”. We know the President himself. Yup and Jackson Makini likes Ghafla.

Good morning beautiful people! Today is the Monday after Super Eagle’s abysmal performance against Harambee Stars which to be fair Kenya deserved to win. However, whatever the case, i’m not trying to catch it. All i’m trying to catch is the ten things you should know this morning then i can serve it up to you on a plate with the rest of your breakfast. It’s caught and cooked. Enjoy the ten things you should know this morning!

#1. Mike Sonko Downplays Kenyan Daily Post’s Insults. Read about all that here.

#2. I was fed up with the Nigeria vs Kenya tweef. I took the time to try and evaluate who the winner was. No surprise there though!

#3. Check out the photo of the day which was of Caroline Mutuko’s mummy.

#4. This former KBC news anchor broke records by becoming a senator and the youngest at that. Read more about that here.

#5. Pulse reported about Colonel Moustapha’s gay sex drama. Read what that was about here.

#6. Check out how Ricky na Marafiki went down. Photo gallery.

#7. Legendary Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe died. Kibali had that story. Read more about that here.

#8. Julie Gichuru will not be on telly for long. Read about her decision to get off our screens here.

#9. Shee Waruinge took shots at Ian Mugoya on Ghafla. Read what she had to say here.

#10. Cess Mutungi confessed on air to having had an illicit affair with a married man! Read what she had to say here.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Caroline Mutoko’s mum. This photo was taken a couple of years ago when Caroline’s parents were marking 40th anniversary of their union.

Don’t they just look great together?

When you scroll down your timeline on twitter, the last thing you expect to see is rest in peace Chinua Achebe.

So while I was celebrating yesterday, this famous author and playwright was breathing his last. I thought it was a lie till I saw Dennis Itumbi and Vinie O tweet about it and my doubtful self had to admit there could be a semblance of truth there. I hope none of you will ask me who Chinua Achebe is, for me apart from Chimamanda and Wole Soyinka, I will not lie, I do not currently recall any other West African writer that have had an impact on my reading habits like these three.

I first got introduced to Chinua Achebe, surprisingly through watching things fall apart on telly. The only thing I was good at as a toddler was humming songs. The show used to give me nightmares, just like Escrava Isaura, remember that one? I read Chinua Achebe from class five onwards because really, compositions had to be passed, it was 844 was it not? Okwonkwo was however a name I have never forgotten.

The book that made me appreciate his literary prowess funnily enough was A man of the people. It was the first time I was introduced to pidgin before Afro cinema was all the rage in Nairobi. At first I loathed the book, it was dead boring my ignorant self thought. When however I decided to read about Nigerian culture, and juxtapose the themes brought to the fore in it against Kenya, I began to appreciate just how timely that book was although it had been penned in 1966.

His wikipedia bio which was already updated reads “Chinua Achebe (born Albert Chínụ̀álụmọ̀gụ̀ Àchèbé, 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) is a Nigerian  novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He is best known for his first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature.” What a stalwart.

“Raised by his parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with world religions and traditional African cultures, and began writing stories as a university student. After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS) and soon moved to the metropolis of Lagos. He gained worldwide attention for Things Fall Apart in the late 1950s; his later novels include No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Achebe writes his novels in English and has defended the use of English, a “language of colonisers”, in African literature. In 1975, his lecture An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” became the focus of controversy, for its criticism of Joseph Conrad as “a bloody racist” and was later published.”

Information was pretty scanty, but what I could gather was that he passed away in the States undergoing treatment. This is the man whose books have been read by almost every Kenyan above the age of twenty five who went through the Kenyan school system. He died exactly twenty three years after his life altering accident, that left him paralysed on March 22nd 1990. May he rest in peace. Read more about him here.

We have lost a repository of knowledge, this is one of those situations where the ‘library’ was burned to smouldering ashes like the old adage goes.

Enough of this Kenya vs Nigeria tweef already! But you can read about it here. Yesterday i said i wouldn’t take sides but after reading some of the tweets on social media, i cannot remain so. I have to weigh in because alot of what’s being said about Nigeria is plain ignorance. Let’s just see how the 2 nations stack up against each other in matters pertaining to entertainment. Oh yeah, i’ll go there!

#1. Famous playwrites and book authors
Nigeria has this one won. Kenya is well beat. Nigeria has Chinua Achebe but the response to that would be Ngugi a Thiong’o. But Kenya draws a blank when we mention Wole Soyinka Kenya draws a blank. When i mention Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie you again draw a blank. Nigeria has it!

#2. Entertainers and celebrities.
Do i have to speak about this one? No. You know so many internationally acclaimed Nigerian entertainers yet the can mention even one  Kenyan artist. Trust me on this one.

#3. Movies
Nollywood, billions. Of naira and dollars! Riverwood? Uhm sit down son!
But Kenya has Nairobi half life. Take a seat Naija. This is a draw.

#4. Women love us!
I know this isn’t entertainment related but it has to be said. Kenyan women can’t help it. Ask yourself how Uncle Chim came about…

#5. Sports
Football. While what Naija has done to Kenya is humiliating and unnecessary, it has to be said, “African Champions”! And on Saturday i will be at Oxygen watching Kenya get yet another drubbing.
However, Kenya is awesome at rugby. We were number 2 world wide at some point this year. See what i did there? Being a point5, i can switch whenever it suits me.
This one is a draw. Saturday will be a massacre!

But when all is said and done, Dangote! BOOM SHAKA LAKA!

Yesterday was an auspicious day for yours truly. I attended the most epic concert by Dela at Tree House, and she sang me happy birthday, I’m still blushing! I’ll write about that later today. Now that I’ve had my fifteen seconds of fame, on to ten things.

1. Celebrities attended Uhuru Kenyatta’s bash, see them here fraternizing.

2. Cess Mutungi let the cat out of the bag, read that here

3. Dennis Itumbi’s new woes, eeh, more here.

4. Cabu Gah decided to Mulika Shee Waruinge, did you read that?

5. Sauti Sol are famous! What pray tell did they look like before fame smiled on them? Here.

6. Shee Waruinge, yes her, she decided to take shots at Ian Mugoya on our site. Yes, here.

7. Buddha Blaze is off to the States to teach. More here.

8. Nick Mutuma takes over from Octopizzo. What am I on about? Read that here.

9. Julie Gichuru recently launched a new program on k24 and now she has a spanking new second mansion. Here.

10. And finally our last story is about Dennis Itumbi and the dropped hacking Charges. Read that here.

One story that almost made it was about Kibaki’s sister, read that here.

I knew that headline would capture your attention! Relax, I’m talking about a musical tryst.

Now today being Thursday, there are three gigs happening in town. First and foremost, Dela will be at TreeHouse along Museum Hill. Ricky Nanjero will be at Choices along Baricho road. Then there is Hellon, Ruth Matete, and Judith Njuguna on one stage at Galileos. Doubtful? These are the details

“Jazz Maestro Hellon presents Jazz ‘n Clad at Gallileo Lounge tonight and every Thursday. These shows feature extraordinary talent on musical instruments and voice. Tonight has Grey and Pink as the colour scheme. Our music is a combination of songs from my 5 albums performed as from 8 to 9pm, then Ruth Matete sings popular cover songs from around the world as from 9 to 10pm. I get back on stage as from 10 to 11pm with smooth jazz featuring songs from Kenny G, Dave Koz and a whole host of jazz hits across the world of jazz. I also feature talented singers like Sefu Sanni, Nikita Mitchell accompanied by the famous Eclave Band. We enjoy good dressing and etiquette as part and parcel of our jazz culture…” Enough said, now to the pictures. They are courtesy of Joseph Hellon and Bessy Bugo Jewellery and Accessories.

Heard of African Global Dj Awards? Please read that because you need to vote for your favorite Kenyans deejays. 

Here’s the link to that article, please vote vote vote! Now one of the deejays nominated is Dj Donnacia and I shall be bringing you more on him in the coming days. Now he has an event that is called the ‘LOVE GENERATION – The Return Of The Gurus.’

The invite says that this event was put together, so y’all can come out in great numbers and illustrate your love for each other. This love is also for the music that unites. Helping you do this will be a selected group of “Gurus”, each equipped with their vessel of choice, from hard hitting Big Room House to the bass heavy Reggae Dub, from the beautiful sounds of Trance to the urban bounce of Hip-Hop. Esh!

The invite withholds some information, whet their appetites is the new catch phrase. “The line up of Gurus is to be announced during the week before that of the event.” My curiosity is totally stirred up. The venue for this soon to be transcendent love affair will be a mansion located within a private residence, location to be disclosed in the coming days. Entrance to the congregation of Gurus is KSH 1000/=. Wow, this is clearly one of those events that you just must attend, there are no two ways about it. Allow me to digress a little, below is a picture of Dj Donnacia, how cool!

There will be 2 fully stocked bars, as well as a sheesha lounge for those that want to get right into the hippie feel of things.There will be a VIP area inside the house, but only for those over 21 and on the guest list. There will be a dress code people, but for the first time, you have leeway to go all out! “Whatever makes you comfortable, bright colors and lots of kikoy/khanga materials encouraged. Come out and represent as a urban hippie.” Urban hippie? I know a few people who will unleash their tie and tie couture. You however, have to be over 18 to attend this mother of a party.

One more caveat, ‘Management reserves the right to admission.’ No goon-ish looking people, ain’t nobody got time for a fracas! Now back to that voting story, vote! Wondering why? Read that here as well.

My cousins on both sides were quick to call me up to let me know that Kenyans and Nigerians were tweefing. For the uninitiated, tweefing is duking it out on twitter; settling beef. And today’s battle was epic!

The beef all stems from Kenya’s abhorrent treatment at the hands of Nigeria’s football federation. Nigeria has taken to poor sportsmanship if the truth is told. Nigeria would win anyway but they have taken to denying Kenya’s Harambee Stars proper training facilities. Bleurgh!

But away from that, some of the tweets have been as follows starting with the winner from Kenya:

“#SomeoneTellNigeria we can reduce them from 9ja to 0ja or 1ja in minutes”

Bright Gmeli was only too eager to share this one with me. That Ghanaian ting!

Then there were these:

#SomeoneTellNigeria It is Only in their ‘movies’ that a 35 year old Lady will play the role of a primary school girl.

#SomeOneTellNigeria Kenya has three presidents, we don’t depend on #Goodluck to have one

#SomeOneTellNigeria We can disfigure P-Square to P-Rectangle or even P-Triangle

 With #SomeoneTellNigeria I see Kenya Trending Worldwide and Nigerians with their #SomeoneTellKenya Trending in Nigeria. Were Twitter Kings

Then Nigerians responded:

“Did you know that Dangote could hire the richest man in Kenya to clean his shoes?”

“u knw all our Nigerian stars, ur TV stations show our movies, bt we dont even knw where u r on the map”

“We are so rich even our grammar takes holidays”

“the Harambeeboys are playing African Champions and they should be glad.”

 “The most popular game in Kenya is Hunger Games”

“Someone tell Kenyans that no matter how far they run, they can never run away from hunger”

And this: Kenyans going to the mall:

“Wait, Kenya? No be that place wey only Ostrich and camel dey live? Human beings dey live there?”

“Your president looks like a predator with a bonny head!”

 “tried go google the best hotel in this is all i get” 

 

 

I opt to be neutral on this one. I cannot pick a side. I love both. I am both.

First off, Happy birthday Dean! Now we can proceed.

Tonight, if you’re going out, i hope to see you at Changes. The end. What more could i say to convince you that you should come out to Changes? Perhaps i should talk about the offers aye? Maybe i should tell you that up until midnight, you can get 3 beers at 400/- aye? That translates to you spending 135/- per beer.

But maybe that’s not it. You don’t even drink so talking about great offers on beers doesn’t tickle your fancy aye? Well if you dance or you just enjoy good music, then this is the place for you tonight. The DJ on deck will be Kaytrixx the Entertainer. Trust me when i say that he never disappoints. You will dance until your feet file for emancipation! That’s just how Kaytrixx is! He’s that beast on the turntable! And there’s no joking about his business, his passion. Check out a picture of Kaytrixx medidating at home before a show here.

No, you strike me more as a lad who steps out to mingle with fine women aye? no worries baba! Changes has you covered. If what you seek is face time with some lovely ladies, they’ll be out at Changes. And ladies, if you’re looking for the grown and sexy lads, they’ll all be out at Changes. What more could you possibly want? But if you want the swag crowd, check elsewhere. The mature folk will be out tonight trying to live it up.

So what more could you want? If you like that red carpet entrance, you have that. All of it, not just half! And with that i lay my pen down.
I know i was wasting my time all along because you already knew you had your mind made up aye? I’ll catch you at Changes tonight! Boom Shaka Laka!

A while back I shared with you that Kidum was going to give you a show of a lifetime at Sarakasi dome.

If you missed that, jog your memory by following this link. Hot on the heels of that performance, is Kanda King who takes to the stage this friday. 8 pm is the moment when he graces the stage, and entrance is free. Sarakasi dancers share be sharing the stage with him. For those of you who still prefer breaks where music is deftly ‘scratched, on the decks shall be the all star deejays unit. It consists of dj Kace, Dj Sejo and Dj Suavelinks. Entranc eis absolutely free. For those who loves their beer, drinks are at 140/-, tots at 100/-. Read about Kanda king here.

The initial report about the altercation that erupted after the Jameson Party has led to alot of raised tempers. Everyone is has been trying to tell me what i saw. Thing is, there were like 50 other people there. Well, that and the fact that i dn’t care to alter my truth.

 But that’s not why i have sermoned this small; gathering. I have done so to explain further as to why the altercation occurred. Remember me saying that i heard Capital FMs Eddie Tash exclaiming that he was no thief? Well, i have found out why he was being accused. And no it wasn’t about the theft of a pone.

So, Nick Mutuma’s girlfriend was jamming with the yobs when her handbag disappeared. not her phone but her whole handbag. And she suspected Eddie Tash’s date for the night. Naturally, with alcohol having been consumed, tempers flared.

They actually had a small exchange of words on twitter -again i ask, what happened to the good ol fashioned way of settling issues face-to-face? Anyway, here’s what they had to say to each other:

“It just hit me, I just can’t get over Saturday night, the stuff that was in that bag and even the bag its self is just to painful!!”

Then

“Fvck you and all the ugly useless b!tches you fvck!! @EddTash!!”

To which he responded with a picture:

And what is the moral of the story? 1st is that something did indeed go down. That much is proven by the coincidence of facts. 2nd, can everyone please stop talking greasy on twitter and actually have a mature seat with me. As far as i’m concerned, adults deal with problems face-to-face. Don’t get it twisted, while i did infact run away from the gun totting lad, i don’t fear lads, i only lads with guns.

You can read about the original story on the altercation at the night club here.

Friday, rapper/radio presenter/entrepreneur Nonini will be in the coastal town of Mombasa ahead of the official opening of a brand state of the art new studio at Mtwapa.

Nonini will be the star guest during the hyped event, an all-evening party that is expected to feature leading Mombasa celebrities followed by an after-party show at Fun Fan Club in Mtwapa. Hornet Records is owned by German-Kenyan based musician Mama Sizo (Vera Brigitte Hildegard) alongside renowned producer Peter Alouch, DJ Bunduki and Back Street Entertainment.

The studio offer services like audio and video production, recording and mastering among other services.  Some of the celebs expected at the launch include Nyota Ndogo, Hassan Faisal and Ally B.

I just wrote about Adawnage releasing a new video, and there’s more.

They sent me this invite that I’m glad to share with all of you. “Adawnage Band invites you to THE STORY OF MY LIFE Worship Experience. The theme will take an intimate nature, in that the various band members will share some of life’s challenges that they have gone through and how Christ has been their constant source of strength. It’s a “let’s meet at the cross” kind of an event where our burdens are laid down. Come and get nourished in God’s presence.”

Who does not love a tell all! Oprah made her billion predicated upon the sad vagaries of life that her audience have endured, so you do know this is sure fodder for the people in attendence. Okay I love to embelish. You get the drift though, candour is in. More details below.

DATE:     Sunday, March 31st, 2013

TIME:      3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

VENUE:  Mamlaka Hill Chapel (on Mamlaka Road, off State House Road, about 100 metres from Ufungamano House). Entry is absolutely free.

Read about their new song here.

February was a good month for Adawnage as a member got hitched! Did you see that?

Well great things abound. Adawnage known for monster hits hits like uwezo are back with a new video. While the song was released a while back, the video itself was released last week. Oh read about Robert’s nuptuals here.

Their bio is very simple, ‘May 28th, 2008 was the Band’s inception. We call it “THE DIVINE CONNECTION” because it took great people, varied personalities, out-of-this-world characters and above all, the unified call to service to be who and what we are today!

The inception of the band was ordained, since we came together after having separately and individually tried to make it on our own. Each came close to making it but not cigar. All these changed when we merged and the unit was born, the family was formed and a bond was created hence making us ‘MORE THAN A BAND’.

A new day, a new beginning…that fresh start & oh yes, A NEW AGE! & that’s what we are about! A-DAWN-AGE!

Adawnage Band is a vibrant unit of energetic individuals from different established professional backgrounds who have come together with the sole purpose of reaching out to the world with positive, electric, realistic and inspirational music.” I personally love their Zidi the band adawnage merger which they call Ziada, they sound really fantastic together!

This band consists of Roselyn Mwihaki, Anthony Iganza, Robert Njuguna, Wanjiku Mirithu, Frank Muriuki, Lorna Olwanda, David Ogara, Noah Otiende, Victor Chege, Emerald Lily, Elvis Muema, Grace Nduku. Adawnage Band released their Debut Album SAFARI – The Journey in December 2010. Watch their new video below.

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