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The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya and Tanzania is a world music compilation album originally released in 1996. Part of the World Music Network Rough Guides series, [1] it focuses on the music of Kenya and Tanzania, two countries which share Swahili as a common language. The release was compiled by Phil Stanton, co-founder of the World Music ...
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The music of Kenya is very diverse, with multiple types of folk music based on the variety over 50 regional languages. [1] Zanzibaran taarab music has also become popular, as has hip hop, reggae music, soul, soukous, zouk, rock and roll, funk and Europop. Additionally, there is a growing western classical music scene and Kenya is home to a ...
When the required sound effect is of a small subject, such as scissors cutting, cloth ripping, or footsteps, the sound effect is best recorded in a studio, under controlled conditions in a process known as Foley. Many sound effects cannot be recorded in a studio, such as explosions, gunfire, and automobile or aircraft maneuvers.
Safari Sound Band is a Kenyan hotel pop band. In over twenty years of activity, they were certified platinum four times, [ 1 ] and their recordings of Swahili classics such as " Jambo Bwana " (published with title "Jambo, Jambo") and " Malaika " are well-known.
Benga is a genre of Kenyan popular music.It evolved between the late 1940s and late 1960s, in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi.In the 1940s, the African Broadcasting Service in Nairobi aired a steady stream of soukous, South African kwela, Congolese finger-style guitar and various kinds of Cuban dance music that heavily influenced emergence of benga.
Chart newcomer Kenya Grace has made history as her debut single “Strangers” reached the No 1 spot. Born in South Africa but raised in Southampton, Grace began releasing music independently in ...
Ogopa Deejays would become one of the most influential record labels in Kenya with their sound called Boomba Music (sometimes referred to as Kapuka). Boomba is one of the foundations of Odi Pop. During the same period, a wave of music called Genge was popularized by hip hop artist Jua Cali and Nonini from Calif Records.